Year of the Horse: 2026 Fire Horse Dates & Birthdays

2026 Fire Horse: start and end dates

Under the Chinese New Year convention, the 2026 Fire Horse year runs from February 17, 2026 through February 5, 2027, inclusive. Its stem-branch name is 丙午 (Bing Wu).

January and February birthdays in 2026

January 1 does not start the zodiac year. Under the Chinese New Year convention, birthdays from January 1, 2026 through February 16, 2026 belong to Snake. Birthdays from February 17, 2026 belong to Horse.

For BaZi, the year pillar changes at Li Chun on February 4, 2026, calculated here at 04:01 in China Standard Time (UTC+8). After that instant and before Chinese New Year on February 17, 2026, the Li Chun convention gives Horse, while the Chinese New Year convention still gives Snake. For a birth on the Li Chun date, check the birth time with the BaZi calculator.

In 丙午, stem 丙 gives the 2026 year its Fire element; branch 午 identifies Horse. The animal’s fixed branch element is Fire. The year element and fixed branch element describe different parts of the same stem-branch pair.

Horse years: dates, elements and stem-branch names

All matching years within 1924–2035. Dates use YYYY-MM-DD; the end date is the last included day under the Chinese New Year convention.

Dates and Li Chun times are calculated with lunar-javascript using China Standard Time (UTC+8). Li Chun times are shown to the minute. The HKO tables below let you check lunar month starts and the stem-branch year names.