1976 — Year of the Dragon 龍 丙辰

1976 is the year of the Dragon 龍 — year pillar 丙辰, Yang Fire. Every date on this page is computed by the same astronomical kernel that powers our public API, to the minute.

Lichun 1976-02-05 00:39:34 · CNY 1976-01-31 · engine 0.1.0

The two-calendar window in 1976

In 1976, Chinese New Year 正月初一 falls first (1976-01-31) and Lichun 立春 5 days later (1976-02-05). Anyone born inside that 5-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 (1976-02-05 00:39:34, 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 1976

Born inside 1976 (after Lichun)? Your Ming Gua: male (2000 − 1976) mod 9 = 6 → Qian 乾 · female (1976 − 2000 + 6) mod 9 = 9 → Li 离. Born before Lichun? The formula runs on 1975 — the Kua calculator applies the boundary for your exact birthday.

FAQ

When does the year of the Dragon (丙辰) start and end?

By the exact Lichun instant: from 1976-02-05 00:39:34 Beijing to the Lichun of 1977. By the lunar calendar: from Chinese New Year (1976-01-31) to the next new-year new moon. The two definitions disagree about 5 days of 1976 — see the window note above.

Is 1976 a leap month year?

Yes — the lunar year 1976 has 13 months with a leap month 8 閏8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 1976?

For births after Lichun: male 6 (乾), female 9 (离). Births before the exact Lichun instant belong to 1975 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 1976 · Almanac for Chinese New Year (1976-01-31) · Kua number calculator · Four-pillar chart · All Dragon years