Chinese New Year 1986

Chinese New Year 1986 is on February 9, 1986, beginning the Year of the Fire Tiger (丙寅, Bing Yin), which lasts until January 28, 1987. Until then it is still the Year of the Wood Ox. In BaZi, which counts years from the solar term Start of Spring (Li Chun), the 1986 year begins on February 4, 1986 at 11:07 AM Beijing time (03:07 UTC). This lunar year has 12 months and no leap month.

1986 is mostly the Year of the Fire Tiger (丙寅), from February 9, 1986. Dates before then belong to the Year of the Wood Ox.

In the Year of the Fire Tiger, the signs traditionally said to be in conflict with Tai Sui, the year's ruling deity, are Tiger (birth year), Monkey (clash and punishment), Snake (harm and punishment) and Pig (break).

No. The lunar year beginning in 1986 has 12 months.

The Mid-Autumn Festival, the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, falls on September 18, 1986.

Dates are computed astronomically, following the rules of the modern Chinese calendar (GB/T 33661-2017): days in China Standard Time (UTC+8), months starting on the day of the new moon, the winter solstice always in the eleventh month, and leap months placed in the first month without a principal solar term. Solar terms are the moments the Sun reaches each 15 degree point of its path, computed with the Astronomy Engine library. Years before 1929 used Beijing local time, so a handful of historical dates can differ by one day from older almanacs.