Began February 11, 1975 · 354 days long
1975: year of the Wood Rabbit
The Rabbit year started on February 11, not on January 1 — so anyone born in 1975 before that date is a Tiger.
- Opening new moon
- Feb 11, 1975 5:17 AM UTC
- In Beijing
- 1:17 PM Tue, Feb 11 · sets the date
- Year of the Rabbit
- 354 days 12 lunar months
- It ends
- Jan 31, 1976 6:20 AM UTC
New moons: NASA JPL DE440. New-year dates: Hong Kong Observatory.
Exact times
Chinese New Year 1975: the new moon in your city
The Wood Rabbit year opened with the new moon at 5:17 AM UTC on February 11, 1975 — 1:17 PM on February 11 in Beijing, the time the calendar reckons by, and 12:17 AM on February 11 in New York, 5:17 AM on February 11 in London and 4:17 PM on February 11 in Sydney.
| City | New moon that opens the year |
|---|---|
| UTC | Tue, Feb 11, 1975 |
| Honolulu United States | 7:17 PM Mon, Feb 10, 1975 · UTC−10 |
| Anchorage United States | 7:17 PM Mon, Feb 10, 1975 · UTC−10 |
| Los Angeles United States | 9:17 PM Mon, Feb 10, 1975 · UTC−8 |
| Phoenix United States | 10:17 PM Mon, Feb 10, 1975 · UTC−7 |
| Denver United States | 10:17 PM Mon, Feb 10, 1975 · UTC−7 |
| Chicago United States | 11:17 PM Mon, Feb 10, 1975 · UTC−6 |
| Mexico City Mexico | 11:17 PM Mon, Feb 10, 1975 · UTC−6 |
| New York United States | 12:17 AM Tue, Feb 11, 1975 · UTC−5 |
| Toronto Canada | 12:17 AM Tue, Feb 11, 1975 · UTC−5 |
| Bogotá Colombia | 12:17 AM Tue, Feb 11, 1975 · UTC−5 |
| Lima Peru | 12:17 AM Tue, Feb 11, 1975 · UTC−5 |
| Caracas Venezuela | 1:17 AM Tue, Feb 11, 1975 · UTC−4 |
| Santiago Chile | 2:17 AM Tue, Feb 11, 1975 · UTC−3 |
| Buenos Aires Argentina | 2:17 AM Tue, Feb 11, 1975 · UTC−3 |
| São Paulo Brazil | 2:17 AM Tue, Feb 11, 1975 · UTC−3 |
| Reykjavík Iceland | 5:17 AM Tue, Feb 11, 1975 · UTC |
| London United Kingdom | 5:17 AM Tue, Feb 11, 1975 · UTC |
| Lagos Nigeria | 6:17 AM Tue, Feb 11, 1975 · UTC+1 |
| Paris France | 6:17 AM Tue, Feb 11, 1975 · UTC+1 |
| Berlin Germany | 6:17 AM Tue, Feb 11, 1975 · UTC+1 |
| Johannesburg South Africa | 7:17 AM Tue, Feb 11, 1975 · UTC+2 |
| Cairo Egypt | 7:17 AM Tue, Feb 11, 1975 · UTC+2 |
| Athens Greece | 7:17 AM Tue, Feb 11, 1975 · UTC+2 |
| Istanbul Turkey | 7:17 AM Tue, Feb 11, 1975 · UTC+2 |
| Moscow Russia | 8:17 AM Tue, Feb 11, 1975 · UTC+3 |
| Nairobi Kenya | 8:17 AM Tue, Feb 11, 1975 · UTC+3 |
| Tehran Iran | 8:47 AM Tue, Feb 11, 1975 · UTC+3:30 |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 9:17 AM Tue, Feb 11, 1975 · UTC+4 |
| Karachi Pakistan | 10:17 AM Tue, Feb 11, 1975 · UTC+5 |
| New Delhi India | 10:47 AM Tue, Feb 11, 1975 · UTC+5:30 |
| Kathmandu Nepal | 10:47 AM Tue, Feb 11, 1975 · UTC+5:30 |
| Dhaka Bangladesh | 11:17 AM Tue, Feb 11, 1975 · UTC+6 |
| Bangkok Thailand | 12:17 PM Tue, Feb 11, 1975 · UTC+7 |
| Jakarta Indonesia | 12:17 PM Tue, Feb 11, 1975 · UTC+7 |
| Singapore | 12:47 PM Tue, Feb 11, 1975 · UTC+7:30 |
| Beijing China | 1:17 PM Tue, Feb 11, 1975 · UTC+8 |
| Manila Philippines | 1:17 PM Tue, Feb 11, 1975 · UTC+8 |
| Perth Australia | 2:17 PM Tue, Feb 11, 1975 · UTC+9 |
| Seoul South Korea | 2:17 PM Tue, Feb 11, 1975 · UTC+9 |
| Tokyo Japan | 2:17 PM Tue, Feb 11, 1975 · UTC+9 |
| Adelaide Australia | 3:47 PM Tue, Feb 11, 1975 · UTC+10:30 |
| Brisbane Australia | 3:17 PM Tue, Feb 11, 1975 · UTC+10 |
| Sydney Australia | 4:17 PM Tue, Feb 11, 1975 · UTC+11 |
| Auckland New Zealand | 6:17 PM Tue, Feb 11, 1975 · UTC+13 |
New moon: JPL DE440 (Swiss Ephemeris within 8 s); 1975 date as in the Hong Kong Observatory calendar. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.
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Personality
The Wood Rabbit personality
Anyone born from February 11, 1975 through January 30, 1976 is a Wood Rabbit: the yin wood stem 乙 over the 卯 branch.
Wood is already the Rabbit's own element, so here it is doubled and everything typical of the sign runs at full strength. Of the five Rabbits this is the most diplomatic, and the least inclined to compromise.
Stem and branch
1975 is 乙卯 (Yǐmǎo)
Na yin — the sounding element
Water of the Great Stream 大溪水
A wide stream running fast between valleys. Associated with momentum and energy that gathers smaller streams as it goes — movement with direction.
1975 therefore carries wood from its stem and water from its na yin. What na yin is →
Li Chun inside the year
A "blind" year with no spring
The two Li Chun dates around it are February 4, 1975 and February 5, 1976, Beijing time. The Rabbit year spans February 11, 1975 to January 30, 1976, so neither date sits inside it: a blind year (无春年). What double spring and blind years mean →
Who clashes with a 1975 Rabbit
The 卯 branch puts a 1975 Rabbit opposite the Rooster on the wheel, the traditional clash; the nearest Rooster year after it was 1981. Its harmony partner is the Dog, whose year came round 7 years later, in 1982. How the Rabbit and Rooster get on →
Rabbits born in 1975 turn 51 in 2026 — 52 by the traditional count, which starts at one.
If you were born in 1975
- Born January 1 – February 10, 1975: a Wood Tiger, the animal of 1974.
- Born February 11, 1975 or later in the year: a Wood Rabbit.
This is one of the late new years: 41 days, from New Year's Day to February 10, still belong to the Tiger. That is about one US birth in 9 (10.8%, SSA records 2000–2014). Check your exact date →
The Rabbit across the cycle
The animal returns every 12 years but the element every 60, so each of these years is a different Rabbit.
The lunar calendar of 1975
Why 354 days, and not 365
No leap month this time: from February 11, 1975 to January 30, 1976, 1975 ran twelve months, six of 30 days and six of 29 — 354 days.
The 30-day months were the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 7th, 10th and 12th.
Festival dates in the 1975 lunar year
| Festival | Lunar date | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Lantern Festival 元宵节 | first month, day 15 | Tue, Feb 25, 1975 |
| Dragon Boat Festival 端午节 | fifth month, day 5 | Sat, Jun 14, 1975 |
| Qixi, the Double Seventh 七夕 | seventh month, day 7 | Wed, Aug 13, 1975 |
| Ghost Festival 中元节 | seventh month, day 15 | Thu, Aug 21, 1975 |
| Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 | eighth month, day 15 | Sat, Sep 20, 1975 |
| Double Ninth Festival 重阳节 | ninth month, day 9 | Mon, Oct 13, 1975 |
| Winter solstice 冬至 | solar term, Sun at 270° | Mon, Dec 22, 1975 |
| Laba Festival 腊八节 | twelfth month, day 8 | Thu, Jan 8, 1976 |
The year's first full moon arrived at 9:14 AM on February 26, the day after the Lantern Festival. This time the calendar and the sky agreed: the Moon was exactly full on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, at 7:50 PM Beijing time on September 20.
Dates follow Beijing time (UTC+8), the reference clock of the Chinese calendar. Why lunar years differ in length →
Lunar years around 1975
Lengths differ because a leap month is inserted every two or three years. This is what makes the new year date jump rather than drift.
Only 30 of the 110 new years in the table fall later in the calendar than February 11. Two other years share the date. Twelve years earlier, 1963 began on January 25; twelve years later, 1987 began on January 29 — both marked in lavender with the other Rabbit years.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “Chinese Horoscope 1975: Zodiac Year of the Wood Rabbit.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/chinese-horoscope/year/1975/
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