Began January 31, 1995 · 384 days long
1995: year of the Wood Pig
The Pig year started on January 31, not on January 1 — so anyone born in 1995 before that date is a Dog.
- Opening new moon
- Jan 30, 1995 10:48 PM UTC
- In Beijing
- 6:48 AM Tue, Jan 31 · sets the date
- Year of the Pig
- 384 days 13 lunar months, one of them leap
- It ends
- Feb 18, 1996 11:30 PM UTC
New moons: NASA JPL DE440. New-year dates: Hong Kong Observatory.
Exact times
Chinese New Year 1995: the new moon in your city
The Wood Pig year opened with the new moon at 10:48 PM UTC on January 30, 1995 — 6:48 AM on January 31 in Beijing, the time the calendar reckons by, and 5:48 PM on January 30 in New York, 10:48 PM on January 30 in London and 9:48 AM on January 31 in Sydney.
| City | New moon that opens the year |
|---|---|
| UTC | Mon, Jan 30, 1995 |
| Honolulu United States | 12:48 PM Mon, Jan 30, 1995 · UTC−10 |
| Anchorage United States | 1:48 PM Mon, Jan 30, 1995 · UTC−9 |
| Los Angeles United States | 2:48 PM Mon, Jan 30, 1995 · UTC−8 |
| Phoenix United States | 3:48 PM Mon, Jan 30, 1995 · UTC−7 |
| Denver United States | 3:48 PM Mon, Jan 30, 1995 · UTC−7 |
| Chicago United States | 4:48 PM Mon, Jan 30, 1995 · UTC−6 |
| Mexico City Mexico | 4:48 PM Mon, Jan 30, 1995 · UTC−6 |
| New York United States | 5:48 PM Mon, Jan 30, 1995 · UTC−5 |
| Toronto Canada | 5:48 PM Mon, Jan 30, 1995 · UTC−5 |
| Bogotá Colombia | 5:48 PM Mon, Jan 30, 1995 · UTC−5 |
| Lima Peru | 5:48 PM Mon, Jan 30, 1995 · UTC−5 |
| Caracas Venezuela | 6:48 PM Mon, Jan 30, 1995 · UTC−4 |
| Santiago Chile | 7:48 PM Mon, Jan 30, 1995 · UTC−3 |
| Buenos Aires Argentina | 7:48 PM Mon, Jan 30, 1995 · UTC−3 |
| São Paulo Brazil | 8:48 PM Mon, Jan 30, 1995 · UTC−2 |
| Reykjavík Iceland | 10:48 PM Mon, Jan 30, 1995 · UTC |
| London United Kingdom | 10:48 PM Mon, Jan 30, 1995 · UTC |
| Lagos Nigeria | 11:48 PM Mon, Jan 30, 1995 · UTC+1 |
| Paris France | 11:48 PM Mon, Jan 30, 1995 · UTC+1 |
| Berlin Germany | 11:48 PM Mon, Jan 30, 1995 · UTC+1 |
| Johannesburg South Africa | 12:48 AM Tue, Jan 31, 1995 · UTC+2 |
| Cairo Egypt | 12:48 AM Tue, Jan 31, 1995 · UTC+2 |
| Athens Greece | 12:48 AM Tue, Jan 31, 1995 · UTC+2 |
| Istanbul Turkey | 12:48 AM Tue, Jan 31, 1995 · UTC+2 |
| Moscow Russia | 1:48 AM Tue, Jan 31, 1995 · UTC+3 |
| Nairobi Kenya | 1:48 AM Tue, Jan 31, 1995 · UTC+3 |
| Tehran Iran | 2:18 AM Tue, Jan 31, 1995 · UTC+3:30 |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 2:48 AM Tue, Jan 31, 1995 · UTC+4 |
| Karachi Pakistan | 3:48 AM Tue, Jan 31, 1995 · UTC+5 |
| New Delhi India | 4:18 AM Tue, Jan 31, 1995 · UTC+5:30 |
| Kathmandu Nepal | 4:33 AM Tue, Jan 31, 1995 · UTC+5:45 |
| Dhaka Bangladesh | 4:48 AM Tue, Jan 31, 1995 · UTC+6 |
| Bangkok Thailand | 5:48 AM Tue, Jan 31, 1995 · UTC+7 |
| Jakarta Indonesia | 5:48 AM Tue, Jan 31, 1995 · UTC+7 |
| Singapore | 6:48 AM Tue, Jan 31, 1995 · UTC+8 |
| Beijing China | 6:48 AM Tue, Jan 31, 1995 · UTC+8 |
| Manila Philippines | 6:48 AM Tue, Jan 31, 1995 · UTC+8 |
| Perth Australia | 6:48 AM Tue, Jan 31, 1995 · UTC+8 |
| Seoul South Korea | 7:48 AM Tue, Jan 31, 1995 · UTC+9 |
| Tokyo Japan | 7:48 AM Tue, Jan 31, 1995 · UTC+9 |
| Adelaide Australia | 9:18 AM Tue, Jan 31, 1995 · UTC+10:30 |
| Brisbane Australia | 8:48 AM Tue, Jan 31, 1995 · UTC+10 |
| Sydney Australia | 9:48 AM Tue, Jan 31, 1995 · UTC+11 |
| Auckland New Zealand | 11:48 AM Tue, Jan 31, 1995 · UTC+13 |
New moon: JPL DE440 (Swiss Ephemeris within 8 s); 1995 date as in the Hong Kong Observatory calendar. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.
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Personality
The Wood Pig personality
Anyone born from January 31, 1995 through February 18, 1996 is a Wood Pig: the yin wood stem 乙 over the 亥 branch.
The Pig's own Water feeds Wood here, which drains as much as it gives: productive, but inclined to spend itself. Wood brings growth, patience and cooperation — traditionally the most flexible version, one that expands rather than forces.
Stem and branch
1995 is 乙亥 (Yǐhài)
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.
1995 therefore carries wood from its stem and fire from its na yin. What na yin is →
Li Chun inside the year
A double spring year
The two Li Chun dates around it are February 4, 1995 and February 4, 1996, Beijing time. The Pig year spans January 31, 1995 to February 18, 1996, so both dates sit inside it: a double spring year (双春). What double spring and blind years mean →
Who clashes with a 1995 Pig
The 亥 branch puts a 1995 Pig opposite the Snake on the wheel, the traditional clash; the nearest Snake year after it was 2001. Its harmony partner is the Tiger, whose year came round 3 years later, in 1998. How the Pig and Snake get on →
Pigs born in 1995 turn 31 in 2026 — 32 by the traditional count, which starts at one.
If you were born in 1995
- Born January 1 – January 30, 1995: a Wood Dog, the animal of 1994.
- Born January 31, 1995 or later in the year: a Wood Pig.
A year-only calculator mislabels 30 days of 1995, everything from January 1 to January 30. Roughly one US birth in 13 falls on those dates — 7.9% in SSA records for 2000–2014. Check your exact date →
The Pig across the cycle
The animal returns every 12 years but the element every 60, so each of these years is a different Pig.
The lunar calendar of 1995
Why 384 days, and not 365
1995 repeated its eighth month: the leap month 闰八月 ran from September 25 to October 23 and stretched the year to 384 days. Seven of the 13 months had 30 days.
The 30-day months were the 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 8th, 10th and 12th.
Festival dates in the 1995 lunar year
| Festival | Lunar date | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Lantern Festival 元宵节 | first month, day 15 | Tue, Feb 14, 1995 |
| Dragon Boat Festival 端午节 | fifth month, day 5 | Fri, Jun 2, 1995 |
| Qixi, the Double Seventh 七夕 | seventh month, day 7 | Wed, Aug 2, 1995 |
| Ghost Festival 中元节 | seventh month, day 15 | Thu, Aug 10, 1995 |
| Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 | eighth month, day 15 | Sat, Sep 9, 1995 |
| Double Ninth Festival 重阳节 | ninth month, day 9 | Wed, Nov 1, 1995 |
| Winter solstice 冬至 | solar term, Sun at 270° | Fri, Dec 22, 1995 |
| Laba Festival 腊八节 | twelfth month, day 8 | Sat, Jan 27, 1996 |
The year's first full moon arrived at 8:15 PM on February 15, 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 11:36 AM Beijing time on September 9.
Dates follow Beijing time (UTC+8), the reference clock of the Chinese calendar. Why lunar years differ in length →
Lunar years around 1995
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, 1995 sits mid-table: of the 110 new years, 34 fall earlier in the calendar and 70 later. Five other years share the date. Twelve years earlier, 1983 began on February 13; twelve years later, 2007 began on February 18 — both marked in lavender with the other Pig years.
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