Cycle position 23 of 60 · 丙戌
2006 Chinese zodiac year
丙戌 Yang Fire Dog
The outer Dog year began on 29 January 2006. Its Heavenly Stem is 丙 Bing, carrying yang Fire.
- Begins
- 29 January 2006
- Ends
- 17 February 2007
- Animal
- Dog
One year name · two turning points
Chinese New Year and Li Chun in 2006
The popular animal-year reading turns on Chinese New Year. Four Pillars uses Li Chun, the solar term that also opens the Tiger month. The dates below show exactly where the two systems separate. The Li Chun moment is shown in China Standard Time (CST).
Chinese New Year
Begins the Dog interval, which ends 17 February 2007.
Read the lunar-year boundary →立春 Li Chun
Opens the 丙戌 stem–branch year and its first solar-term month.
Open Li Chun in the solar-term cycle →Chinese New Year arrived 6 calendar days before Li Chun. In the gap, the outer zodiac animal had entered this year while the Four Pillars year still belonged to the preceding stem–branch pair.
The complete annual coordinate
What 丙戌 fixes for 2006
The year name is one valid meeting of the ten-stem and twelve-branch sequences. Each linked coordinate has its own reference page.
- Cycle position
- 23 of 60
- Heavenly Stem
- 丙 Bing
- Phase
- Fire
- Polarity
- Yang
- Earthly Branch
- 戌 Xu · Dog
Twelve-year branch · sixty-year pillar
When the Dog and 丙戌 return
A branch repeats every twelve years; the same stem and branch meet every sixty. These are every matching year in the supported 1901–2099 annual range.
Twelve jie boundaries · China Standard Time (CST)
The 2006 solar-term month calendar
Each jie term opens one branch month. The sequence begins at Li Chun in 2006 and closes at Minor Cold in 2007; the timestamp, branch and complete month pillar change from month to month. Every timestamp is shown in China Standard Time (CST).
Month01立春Start of SpringLìchūn · solar-term boundary - Opens · CST
- Branch animal
- 寅TigerYin
- Month pillar
- 庚寅Yang Metal TigerYang Metal
Month02惊蛰Awakening of InsectsJīngzhé · solar-term boundary - Opens · CST
- Branch animal
- 卯RabbitMao
- Month pillar
- 辛卯Yin Metal RabbitYin Metal
Month03清明Clear and BrightQīngmíng · solar-term boundary - Opens · CST
- Branch animal
- 辰DragonChen
- Month pillar
- 壬辰Yang Water DragonYang Water
Month04立夏Start of SummerLìxià · solar-term boundary - Opens · CST
- Branch animal
- 巳SnakeSi
- Month pillar
- 癸巳Yin Water SnakeYin Water
Month05芒种Grain in EarMángzhòng · solar-term boundary - Opens · CST
- Branch animal
- 午HorseWu
- Month pillar
- 甲午Yang Wood HorseYang Wood
Month06小暑Minor HeatXiǎoshǔ · solar-term boundary - Opens · CST
- Branch animal
- 未GoatWei
- Month pillar
- 乙未Yin Wood GoatYin Wood
Month07立秋Start of AutumnLìqiū · solar-term boundary - Opens · CST
- Branch animal
- 申MonkeyShen
- Month pillar
- 丙申Yang Fire MonkeyYang Fire
Month08白露White DewBáilù · solar-term boundary - Opens · CST
- Branch animal
- 酉RoosterYou
- Month pillar
- 丁酉Yin Fire RoosterYin Fire
Month09寒露Cold DewHánlù · solar-term boundary - Opens · CST
- Branch animal
- 戌DogXu
- Month pillar
- 戊戌Yang Earth DogYang Earth
Month10立冬Start of WinterLìdōng · solar-term boundary - Opens · CST
- Branch animal
- 亥PigHai
- Month pillar
- 己亥Yin Earth PigYin Earth
Month11大雪Major SnowDàxuě · solar-term boundary - Opens · CST
- Branch animal
- 子RatZi
- Month pillar
- 庚子Yang Metal RatYang Metal
Month12小寒Minor ColdXiǎohán · solar-term boundary - Opens · CST
- Branch animal
- 丑OxChou
- Month pillar
- 辛丑Yin Metal OxYin Metal