Began January 28, 2017 · 384 days long
2017: year of the Fire Rooster
The Rooster year started on January 28, not on January 1 — so anyone born in 2017 before that date is a Monkey.
- Opening new moon
- Jan 28, 2017 12:07 AM UTC
- In Beijing
- 8:07 AM Sat, Jan 28 · sets the date
- Year of the Rooster
- 384 days 13 lunar months, one of them leap
- It ends
- Feb 15, 2018 9:05 PM UTC
New moons: NASA JPL DE440. New-year dates: Hong Kong Observatory.
Exact times
Chinese New Year 2017: the new moon in your city
The Fire Rooster year opened with the new moon at 12:07 AM UTC on January 28, 2017 — 8:07 AM on January 28 in Beijing, the time the calendar reckons by, and 7:07 PM on January 27 in New York, 12:07 AM on January 28 in London and 11:07 AM on January 28 in Sydney.
| City | New moon that opens the year |
|---|---|
| UTC | Sat, Jan 28, 2017 |
| Honolulu United States | 2:07 PM Fri, Jan 27, 2017 · UTC−10 |
| Anchorage United States | 3:07 PM Fri, Jan 27, 2017 · UTC−9 |
| Los Angeles United States | 4:07 PM Fri, Jan 27, 2017 · UTC−8 |
| Phoenix United States | 5:07 PM Fri, Jan 27, 2017 · UTC−7 |
| Denver United States | 5:07 PM Fri, Jan 27, 2017 · UTC−7 |
| Chicago United States | 6:07 PM Fri, Jan 27, 2017 · UTC−6 |
| Mexico City Mexico | 6:07 PM Fri, Jan 27, 2017 · UTC−6 |
| New York United States | 7:07 PM Fri, Jan 27, 2017 · UTC−5 |
| Toronto Canada | 7:07 PM Fri, Jan 27, 2017 · UTC−5 |
| Bogotá Colombia | 7:07 PM Fri, Jan 27, 2017 · UTC−5 |
| Lima Peru | 7:07 PM Fri, Jan 27, 2017 · UTC−5 |
| Caracas Venezuela | 8:07 PM Fri, Jan 27, 2017 · UTC−4 |
| Santiago Chile | 9:07 PM Fri, Jan 27, 2017 · UTC−3 |
| Buenos Aires Argentina | 9:07 PM Fri, Jan 27, 2017 · UTC−3 |
| São Paulo Brazil | 10:07 PM Fri, Jan 27, 2017 · UTC−2 |
| Reykjavík Iceland | 12:07 AM Sat, Jan 28, 2017 · UTC |
| London United Kingdom | 12:07 AM Sat, Jan 28, 2017 · UTC |
| Lagos Nigeria | 1:07 AM Sat, Jan 28, 2017 · UTC+1 |
| Paris France | 1:07 AM Sat, Jan 28, 2017 · UTC+1 |
| Berlin Germany | 1:07 AM Sat, Jan 28, 2017 · UTC+1 |
| Johannesburg South Africa | 2:07 AM Sat, Jan 28, 2017 · UTC+2 |
| Cairo Egypt | 2:07 AM Sat, Jan 28, 2017 · UTC+2 |
| Athens Greece | 2:07 AM Sat, Jan 28, 2017 · UTC+2 |
| Istanbul Turkey | 3:07 AM Sat, Jan 28, 2017 · UTC+3 |
| Moscow Russia | 3:07 AM Sat, Jan 28, 2017 · UTC+3 |
| Nairobi Kenya | 3:07 AM Sat, Jan 28, 2017 · UTC+3 |
| Tehran Iran | 3:37 AM Sat, Jan 28, 2017 · UTC+3:30 |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 4:07 AM Sat, Jan 28, 2017 · UTC+4 |
| Karachi Pakistan | 5:07 AM Sat, Jan 28, 2017 · UTC+5 |
| New Delhi India | 5:37 AM Sat, Jan 28, 2017 · UTC+5:30 |
| Kathmandu Nepal | 5:52 AM Sat, Jan 28, 2017 · UTC+5:45 |
| Dhaka Bangladesh | 6:07 AM Sat, Jan 28, 2017 · UTC+6 |
| Bangkok Thailand | 7:07 AM Sat, Jan 28, 2017 · UTC+7 |
| Jakarta Indonesia | 7:07 AM Sat, Jan 28, 2017 · UTC+7 |
| Singapore | 8:07 AM Sat, Jan 28, 2017 · UTC+8 |
| Beijing China | 8:07 AM Sat, Jan 28, 2017 · UTC+8 |
| Manila Philippines | 8:07 AM Sat, Jan 28, 2017 · UTC+8 |
| Perth Australia | 8:07 AM Sat, Jan 28, 2017 · UTC+8 |
| Seoul South Korea | 9:07 AM Sat, Jan 28, 2017 · UTC+9 |
| Tokyo Japan | 9:07 AM Sat, Jan 28, 2017 · UTC+9 |
| Adelaide Australia | 10:37 AM Sat, Jan 28, 2017 · UTC+10:30 |
| Brisbane Australia | 10:07 AM Sat, Jan 28, 2017 · UTC+10 |
| Sydney Australia | 11:07 AM Sat, Jan 28, 2017 · UTC+11 |
| Auckland New Zealand | 1:07 PM Sat, Jan 28, 2017 · UTC+13 |
New moon: JPL DE440 (Swiss Ephemeris within 8 s); 2017 date as in the Hong Kong Observatory calendar. Local times: IANA time zones, to the minute.
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Personality
The Fire Rooster personality
Anyone born from January 28, 2017 through February 15, 2018 is a Fire Rooster: the yin fire stem 丁 over the 酉 branch.
Fire controls the Rooster's own Metal in the five-element cycle, so the year's element pushes against the sign rather than with it. Fire brings intensity, visibility and speed — traditionally the most driven version, and the quickest to burn through its own energy.
Stem and branch
2017 is 丁酉 (Dīngyǒu)
Na yin — the sounding element
Fire at the Foot of the Mountain 山下火
Fire burning low, below the peak, often read as evening light. A gentler, more modest fire than the mountain-top image: warmth close at hand rather than a beacon.
2017 therefore carries fire from its stem and fire from its na yin — the same element twice. What na yin is →
Li Chun inside the year
A double spring year
The two Li Chun dates around it are February 3, 2017 and February 4, 2018, Beijing time. The Rooster year spans January 28, 2017 to February 15, 2018, so both dates sit inside it: a double spring year (双春). What double spring and blind years mean →
Who clashes with a 2017 Rooster
The 酉 branch puts a 2017 Rooster opposite the Rabbit on the wheel, the traditional clash; the nearest Rabbit year after it was 2023. Its harmony partner is the Dragon, whose year came round 7 years later, in 2024. How the Rooster and Rabbit get on →
Roosters born in 2017 turn 9 in 2026 — 10 by the traditional count, which starts at one.
If you were born in 2017
- Born January 1 – January 27, 2017: a Fire Monkey, the animal of 2016.
- Born January 28, 2017 or later in the year: a Fire Rooster.
A year-only calculator mislabels 27 days of 2017, everything from January 1 to January 27. Those dates hold 7.1% of US births (SSA, 2000–2014). Check your exact date →
The Rooster across the cycle
The animal returns every 12 years but the element every 60, so each of these years is a different Rooster.
The lunar calendar of 2017
Why 384 days, and not 365
2017 repeated its sixth month: the leap month 闰六月 ran from July 23 to August 21 and stretched the year to 384 days. Seven of the 13 months had 30 days.
The 30-day months were the 2nd, 4th, leap 6th, 8th, 10th, 11th and 12th. Three 30-day months ran back to back, from month 10 to month 12.
Festival dates in the 2017 lunar year
| Festival | Lunar date | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Lantern Festival 元宵节 | first month, day 15 | Sat, Feb 11, 2017 |
| Dragon Boat Festival 端午节 | fifth month, day 5 | Tue, May 30, 2017 |
| Qixi, the Double Seventh 七夕 | seventh month, day 7 | Mon, Aug 28, 2017 |
| Ghost Festival 中元节 | seventh month, day 15 | Tue, Sep 5, 2017 |
| Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 | eighth month, day 15 | Wed, Oct 4, 2017 |
| Double Ninth Festival 重阳节 | ninth month, day 9 | Sat, Oct 28, 2017 |
| Winter solstice 冬至 | solar term, Sun at 270° | Fri, Dec 22, 2017 |
| Laba Festival 腊八节 | twelfth month, day 8 | Wed, Jan 24, 2018 |
At the Lantern Festival on February 11 the year's first full moon came that same day, at 8:32 AM Beijing time. The true full moon came two days after the Mid-Autumn Festival, at 2:40 AM Beijing time on October 6 — lunar day 17.
Dates follow Beijing time (UTC+8), the reference clock of the Chinese calendar. Why lunar years differ in length →
Lunar years around 2017
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 24 of the 110 new years in the table fall earlier in the calendar than January 28. Three other years share the date. Twelve years earlier, 2005 began on February 9; twelve years later, 2029 begins on February 13 — both marked in lavender with the other Rooster years.
Cite this page
AstroHot. “Chinese Horoscope 2017: Zodiac Year of the Fire Rooster.” Accessed October 28, 2026. https://astrohot.com/chinese-horoscope/year/2017/
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