Began January 31, 2014 · 384 days long
2014: year of the Wood Horse
The Horse year started on January 31, not on January 1 — so anyone born in 2014 before that date is a Snake.
- Opening new moon
- Jan 30, 2014 9:39 PM UTC
- In Beijing
- 5:39 AM Fri, Jan 31 · sets the date
- Year of the Horse
- 384 days 13 lunar months, one of them leap
- It ends
- Feb 18, 2015 11:47 PM UTC
New moons: NASA JPL DE440. New-year dates: Hong Kong Observatory.
Exact times
Chinese New Year 2014: the new moon in your city
The Wood Horse year opened with the new moon at 9:39 PM UTC on January 30, 2014 — 5:39 AM on January 31 in Beijing, the time the calendar reckons by, and 4:39 PM on January 30 in New York, 9:39 PM on January 30 in London and 8:39 AM on January 31 in Sydney.
| City | New moon that opens the year |
|---|---|
| UTC | Thu, Jan 30, 2014 |
| Honolulu United States | 11:39 AM Thu, Jan 30, 2014 · UTC−10 |
| Anchorage United States | 12:39 PM Thu, Jan 30, 2014 · UTC−9 |
| Los Angeles United States | 1:39 PM Thu, Jan 30, 2014 · UTC−8 |
| Phoenix United States | 2:39 PM Thu, Jan 30, 2014 · UTC−7 |
| Denver United States | 2:39 PM Thu, Jan 30, 2014 · UTC−7 |
| Chicago United States | 3:39 PM Thu, Jan 30, 2014 · UTC−6 |
| Mexico City Mexico | 3:39 PM Thu, Jan 30, 2014 · UTC−6 |
| New York United States | 4:39 PM Thu, Jan 30, 2014 · UTC−5 |
| Toronto Canada | 4:39 PM Thu, Jan 30, 2014 · UTC−5 |
| Bogotá Colombia | 4:39 PM Thu, Jan 30, 2014 · UTC−5 |
| Lima Peru | 4:39 PM Thu, Jan 30, 2014 · UTC−5 |
| Caracas Venezuela | 5:09 PM Thu, Jan 30, 2014 · UTC−4:30 |
| Santiago Chile | 6:39 PM Thu, Jan 30, 2014 · UTC−3 |
| Buenos Aires Argentina | 6:39 PM Thu, Jan 30, 2014 · UTC−3 |
| São Paulo Brazil | 7:39 PM Thu, Jan 30, 2014 · UTC−2 |
| Reykjavík Iceland | 9:39 PM Thu, Jan 30, 2014 · UTC |
| London United Kingdom | 9:39 PM Thu, Jan 30, 2014 · UTC |
| Lagos Nigeria | 10:39 PM Thu, Jan 30, 2014 · UTC+1 |
| Paris France | 10:39 PM Thu, Jan 30, 2014 · UTC+1 |
| Berlin Germany | 10:39 PM Thu, Jan 30, 2014 · UTC+1 |
| Johannesburg South Africa | 11:39 PM Thu, Jan 30, 2014 · UTC+2 |
| Cairo Egypt | 11:39 PM Thu, Jan 30, 2014 · UTC+2 |
| Athens Greece | 11:39 PM Thu, Jan 30, 2014 · UTC+2 |
| Istanbul Turkey | 11:39 PM Thu, Jan 30, 2014 · UTC+2 |
| Moscow Russia | 1:39 AM Fri, Jan 31, 2014 · UTC+4 |
| Nairobi Kenya | 12:39 AM Fri, Jan 31, 2014 · UTC+3 |
| Tehran Iran | 1:09 AM Fri, Jan 31, 2014 · UTC+3:30 |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 1:39 AM Fri, Jan 31, 2014 · UTC+4 |
| Karachi Pakistan | 2:39 AM Fri, Jan 31, 2014 · UTC+5 |
| New Delhi India | 3:09 AM Fri, Jan 31, 2014 · UTC+5:30 |
| Kathmandu Nepal | 3:24 AM Fri, Jan 31, 2014 · UTC+5:45 |
| Dhaka Bangladesh | 3:39 AM Fri, Jan 31, 2014 · UTC+6 |
| Bangkok Thailand | 4:39 AM Fri, Jan 31, 2014 · UTC+7 |
| Jakarta Indonesia | 4:39 AM Fri, Jan 31, 2014 · UTC+7 |
| Singapore | 5:39 AM Fri, Jan 31, 2014 · UTC+8 |
| Beijing China | 5:39 AM Fri, Jan 31, 2014 · UTC+8 |
| Manila Philippines | 5:39 AM Fri, Jan 31, 2014 · UTC+8 |
| Perth Australia | 5:39 AM Fri, Jan 31, 2014 · UTC+8 |
| Seoul South Korea | 6:39 AM Fri, Jan 31, 2014 · UTC+9 |
| Tokyo Japan | 6:39 AM Fri, Jan 31, 2014 · UTC+9 |
| Adelaide Australia | 8:09 AM Fri, Jan 31, 2014 · UTC+10:30 |
| Brisbane Australia | 7:39 AM Fri, Jan 31, 2014 · UTC+10 |
| Sydney Australia | 8:39 AM Fri, Jan 31, 2014 · UTC+11 |
| Auckland New Zealand | 10:39 AM Fri, Jan 31, 2014 · UTC+13 |
New moon: JPL DE440 (Swiss Ephemeris within 8 s); 2014 date as in the Hong Kong Observatory calendar. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.
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Personality
The Wood Horse personality
Anyone born from January 31, 2014 through February 18, 2015 is a Wood Horse: the yang wood stem 甲 over the 午 branch.
Wood feeds the Horse's own Fire in the five-element cycle, so this Horse is the best supported of the five. Wood brings growth, patience and cooperation — traditionally the most flexible version, one that expands rather than forces.
Stem and branch
2014 is 甲午 (Jiǎwǔ)
Na yin — the sounding element
Gold in the Sand 沙中金
Grains of gold mixed into sand, found only by washing. Readings describe worth that has to be separated from the ordinary — value revealed through effort and sorting.
2014 therefore carries wood from its stem and metal 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, 2014 and February 4, 2015, Beijing time. The Horse year spans January 31, 2014 to February 18, 2015, so both dates sit inside it: a double spring year (双春). What double spring and blind years mean →
Who clashes with a 2014 Horse
The 午 branch puts a 2014 Horse opposite the Rat on the wheel, the traditional clash; the nearest Rat year after it was 2020. Its harmony partner is the Goat, whose year followed straight after, in 2015. How the Horse and Rat get on →
Horses born in 2014 turn 12 in 2026 — 13 by the traditional count, which starts at one.
If you were born in 2014
- Born January 1 – January 30, 2014: a Water Snake, the animal of 2013.
- Born January 31, 2014 or later in the year: a Wood Horse.
A year-only calculator mislabels 30 days of 2014, 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 Horse across the cycle
The animal returns every 12 years but the element every 60, so each of these years is a different Horse.
The lunar calendar of 2014
Why 384 days, and not 365
2014 repeated its ninth month: the leap month 闰九月 ran from October 24 to November 21 and stretched the year to 384 days. Seven of the 13 months had 30 days.
The 30-day months were the 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th, 9th, 10th and 12th.
Festival dates in the 2014 lunar year
| Festival | Lunar date | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Lantern Festival 元宵节 | first month, day 15 | Fri, Feb 14, 2014 |
| Dragon Boat Festival 端午节 | fifth month, day 5 | Mon, Jun 2, 2014 |
| Qixi, the Double Seventh 七夕 | seventh month, day 7 | Sat, Aug 2, 2014 |
| Ghost Festival 中元节 | seventh month, day 15 | Sun, Aug 10, 2014 |
| Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 | eighth month, day 15 | Mon, Sep 8, 2014 |
| Double Ninth Festival 重阳节 | ninth month, day 9 | Thu, Oct 2, 2014 |
| Winter solstice 冬至 | solar term, Sun at 270° | Mon, Dec 22, 2014 |
| Laba Festival 腊八节 | twelfth month, day 8 | Tue, Jan 27, 2015 |
The year's first full moon arrived at 7:53 AM on February 15, the day after the Lantern Festival. The festival night of September 8 fell a day before the true full moon, which came at 9:38 AM Beijing time on September 9 — lunar day 16.
Dates follow Beijing time (UTC+8), the reference clock of the Chinese calendar. Why lunar years differ in length →
Lunar years around 2014
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, 2014 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, 2002 began on February 12; twelve years later, 2026 began on February 17 — both marked in lavender with the other Horse years.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “Chinese Horoscope 2014: Zodiac Year of the Wood Horse.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/chinese-horoscope/year/2014/
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