1966 — Year of the Horse 馬 丙午

1966 is the year of the Horse 馬 — year pillar 丙午, Yang Fire. Every date on this page is computed by the same astronomical kernel that powers our public API, to the minute.

Lichun 1966-02-04 14:37:51 · CNY 1966-01-21 · engine 0.1.0

The two-calendar window in 1966

In 1966, Chinese New Year 正月初一 falls first (1966-01-21) and Lichun 立春 14 days later (1966-02-04). Anyone born inside that 14-day window gets a different zodiac animal and year pillar depending on which convention their tool follows — BaZi practice switches at the exact Lichun instant (1966-02-04 14:37:51, Beijing), folk calendar practice at the new moon. This is not an edge case we gloss over — it is the single most common source of wrong zodiac years, and our engine comparison tool shows it live with three engines side by side.

Your Kua number for 1966

Born inside 1966 (after Lichun)? Your Ming Gua: male (2000 − 1966) mod 9 = 7 → Dui 兑 · female (1966 − 2000 + 6) mod 9 = 8 → Gen 艮. Born before Lichun? The formula runs on 1965 — the Kua calculator applies the boundary for your exact birthday.

FAQ

When does the year of the Horse (丙午) start and end?

By the exact Lichun instant: from 1966-02-04 14:37:51 Beijing to the Lichun of 1967. By the lunar calendar: from Chinese New Year (1966-01-21) to the next new-year new moon. The two definitions disagree about 14 days of 1966 — see the window note above.

Is 1966 a leap month year?

Yes — the lunar year 1966 has 13 months with a leap month 3 閏3月, computed by the GB/T 33661-2017 rules (no-zhongqi method, with the 2033-type edge cases handled).

What is my Kua number if I was born in 1966?

For births after Lichun: male 7 (兑), female 8 (艮). Births before the exact Lichun instant belong to 1965 and use that year in the formula — most online calculators get early-February birthdays wrong here.

Tools for this year

All 24 solar terms of 1966 · Almanac for Chinese New Year (1966-01-21) · Kua number calculator · Four-pillar chart · All Horse years