Began February 10, 1994 · 355 days long
1994: year of the Wood Dog
The Dog year started on February 10, not on January 1 — so anyone born in 1994 before that date is a Rooster.
- Opening new moon
- Feb 10, 1994 2:30 PM UTC
- In Beijing
- 10:30 PM Thu, Feb 10 · sets the date
- Year of the Dog
- 355 days 12 lunar months
- It ends
- Jan 30, 1995 10:48 PM UTC
New moons: NASA JPL DE440. New-year dates: Hong Kong Observatory.
Exact times
Chinese New Year 1994: the new moon in your city
The Wood Dog year opened with the new moon at 2:30 PM UTC on February 10, 1994 — 10:30 PM on February 10 in Beijing, the time the calendar reckons by, and 9:30 AM on February 10 in New York, 2:30 PM on February 10 in London and 1:30 AM on February 11 in Sydney.
| City | New moon that opens the year |
|---|---|
| UTC | Thu, Feb 10, 1994 |
| Honolulu United States | 4:30 AM Thu, Feb 10, 1994 · UTC−10 |
| Anchorage United States | 5:30 AM Thu, Feb 10, 1994 · UTC−9 |
| Los Angeles United States | 6:30 AM Thu, Feb 10, 1994 · UTC−8 |
| Phoenix United States | 7:30 AM Thu, Feb 10, 1994 · UTC−7 |
| Denver United States | 7:30 AM Thu, Feb 10, 1994 · UTC−7 |
| Chicago United States | 8:30 AM Thu, Feb 10, 1994 · UTC−6 |
| Mexico City Mexico | 8:30 AM Thu, Feb 10, 1994 · UTC−6 |
| New York United States | 9:30 AM Thu, Feb 10, 1994 · UTC−5 |
| Toronto Canada | 9:30 AM Thu, Feb 10, 1994 · UTC−5 |
| Bogotá Colombia | 9:30 AM Thu, Feb 10, 1994 · UTC−5 |
| Lima Peru | 10:30 AM Thu, Feb 10, 1994 · UTC−4 |
| Caracas Venezuela | 10:30 AM Thu, Feb 10, 1994 · UTC−4 |
| Santiago Chile | 11:30 AM Thu, Feb 10, 1994 · UTC−3 |
| Buenos Aires Argentina | 11:30 AM Thu, Feb 10, 1994 · UTC−3 |
| São Paulo Brazil | 12:30 PM Thu, Feb 10, 1994 · UTC−2 |
| Reykjavík Iceland | 2:30 PM Thu, Feb 10, 1994 · UTC |
| London United Kingdom | 2:30 PM Thu, Feb 10, 1994 · UTC |
| Lagos Nigeria | 3:30 PM Thu, Feb 10, 1994 · UTC+1 |
| Paris France | 3:30 PM Thu, Feb 10, 1994 · UTC+1 |
| Berlin Germany | 3:30 PM Thu, Feb 10, 1994 · UTC+1 |
| Johannesburg South Africa | 4:30 PM Thu, Feb 10, 1994 · UTC+2 |
| Cairo Egypt | 4:30 PM Thu, Feb 10, 1994 · UTC+2 |
| Athens Greece | 4:30 PM Thu, Feb 10, 1994 · UTC+2 |
| Istanbul Turkey | 4:30 PM Thu, Feb 10, 1994 · UTC+2 |
| Moscow Russia | 5:30 PM Thu, Feb 10, 1994 · UTC+3 |
| Nairobi Kenya | 5:30 PM Thu, Feb 10, 1994 · UTC+3 |
| Tehran Iran | 6:00 PM Thu, Feb 10, 1994 · UTC+3:30 |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 6:30 PM Thu, Feb 10, 1994 · UTC+4 |
| Karachi Pakistan | 7:30 PM Thu, Feb 10, 1994 · UTC+5 |
| New Delhi India | 8:00 PM Thu, Feb 10, 1994 · UTC+5:30 |
| Kathmandu Nepal | 8:15 PM Thu, Feb 10, 1994 · UTC+5:45 |
| Dhaka Bangladesh | 8:30 PM Thu, Feb 10, 1994 · UTC+6 |
| Bangkok Thailand | 9:30 PM Thu, Feb 10, 1994 · UTC+7 |
| Jakarta Indonesia | 9:30 PM Thu, Feb 10, 1994 · UTC+7 |
| Singapore | 10:30 PM Thu, Feb 10, 1994 · UTC+8 |
| Beijing China | 10:30 PM Thu, Feb 10, 1994 · UTC+8 |
| Manila Philippines | 10:30 PM Thu, Feb 10, 1994 · UTC+8 |
| Perth Australia | 10:30 PM Thu, Feb 10, 1994 · UTC+8 |
| Seoul South Korea | 11:30 PM Thu, Feb 10, 1994 · UTC+9 |
| Tokyo Japan | 11:30 PM Thu, Feb 10, 1994 · UTC+9 |
| Adelaide Australia | 1:00 AM Fri, Feb 11, 1994 · UTC+10:30 |
| Brisbane Australia | 12:30 AM Fri, Feb 11, 1994 · UTC+10 |
| Sydney Australia | 1:30 AM Fri, Feb 11, 1994 · UTC+11 |
| Auckland New Zealand | 3:30 AM Fri, Feb 11, 1994 · UTC+13 |
New moon: JPL DE440 (Swiss Ephemeris within 8 s); 1994 date as in the Hong Kong Observatory calendar. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.
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Personality
The Wood Dog personality
Anyone born from February 10, 1994 through January 30, 1995 is a Wood Dog: the yang wood stem 甲 over the 戌 branch.
Wood controls the Dog's own Earth in the five-element cycle, so the year's element pushes against the sign rather than with it. Wood brings growth, patience and cooperation — traditionally the most flexible version, one that expands rather than forces.
Stem and branch
1994 is 甲戌 (Jiǎxū)
Na yin — the sounding element
Fire on the Mountain Top 山頭火
A fire high on a mountain, visible from far away. Readings give these years visibility and reach, with the caution that a fire in an exposed place burns brightly but is hard to keep going.
1994 therefore carries wood from its stem and fire 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, 1994 and February 4, 1995, Beijing time. The Dog year spans February 10, 1994 to January 30, 1995, so neither date sits inside it: a blind year (无春年). What double spring and blind years mean →
Who clashes with a 1994 Dog
The 戌 branch puts a 1994 Dog opposite the Dragon on the wheel, the traditional clash; the nearest Dragon year after it was 2000. Its harmony partner is the Rabbit, whose year came round 5 years later, in 1999. How the Dog and Dragon get on →
Dogs born in 1994 turn 32 in 2026 — 33 by the traditional count, which starts at one.
If you were born in 1994
- Born January 1 – February 9, 1994: a Water Rooster, the animal of 1993.
- Born February 10, 1994 or later in the year: a Wood Dog.
A year-only calculator mislabels 40 days of 1994, everything from January 1 to February 9. That is about one US birth in 9 (10.6%, SSA records 2000–2014). Check your exact date →
The Dog across the cycle
The animal returns every 12 years but the element every 60, so each of these years is a different Dog.
The lunar calendar of 1994
Why 355 days, and not 365
No month was doubled in 1994, so the year ended on January 30, 1995 after twelve months — seven long ones of 30 days and five short ones of 29, 355 days in all.
The 30-day months were the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 10th and 12th. Three 30-day months ran back to back, from month 1 to month 3.
Festival dates in the 1994 lunar year
| Festival | Lunar date | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Lantern Festival 元宵节 | first month, day 15 | Thu, Feb 24, 1994 |
| Dragon Boat Festival 端午节 | fifth month, day 5 | Mon, Jun 13, 1994 |
| Qixi, the Double Seventh 七夕 | seventh month, day 7 | Sat, Aug 13, 1994 |
| Ghost Festival 中元节 | seventh month, day 15 | Sun, Aug 21, 1994 |
| Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 | eighth month, day 15 | Tue, Sep 20, 1994 |
| Double Ninth Festival 重阳节 | ninth month, day 9 | Thu, Oct 13, 1994 |
| Winter solstice 冬至 | solar term, Sun at 270° | Thu, Dec 22, 1994 |
| Laba Festival 腊八节 | twelfth month, day 8 | Sun, Jan 8, 1995 |
The year's first full moon arrived at 9:15 AM on February 26, two days 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 4:00 AM 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 1994
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.
By date, 1994 sits mid-table: of the 110 new years, 72 fall earlier in the calendar and 33 later. Four other years share the date. Twelve years earlier, 1982 began on January 25; twelve years later, 2006 began on January 29 — both marked in lavender with the other Dog years.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “Chinese Horoscope 1994: Zodiac Year of the Wood Dog.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/chinese-horoscope/year/1994/
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