1946: Year of the Fire Dog
The 1946 Chinese zodiac year is the Yang Fire Dog, and it runs from 2 February 1946 to 21 January 1947 — not from 1 January.
- Animal
- Dog 狗
- Element and polarity
- Yang Fire
- Gan-Zhi
- Bing Xu 丙戌
- Age this zodiac year
- Born in 1946, a person turns 80 during the 2026 year
Born early in 1946? You may be Rooster, not Dog
Chinese New Year 1946 fell on 2 February 1946. Anyone born between 1 January 1946 and 1 February 1946 — a window of 32 days — belongs to the 1945 zodiac year, the Yin Wood Rooster, and not to the Dog.
Check an exact birth date against the 2 February 1946 boundary.
Exact 1946 zodiac year dates
The 1946 lunar year ran its ordinary twelve months, 354 days in total.
Other Dog years around 1946
| Dog year | Complete name | Begins |
|---|---|---|
| 1910 | Yang Metal Dog | 10 February 1910 |
| 1922 | Yang Water Dog | 28 January 1922 |
| 1934 | Yang Wood Dog | 14 February 1934 |
| 1958 | Yang Earth Dog | 18 February 1958 |
| 1970 | Yang Metal Dog | 6 February 1970 |
| 1982 | Yang Water Dog | 25 January 1982 |
The exact pairing 丙戌 — Yang Fire Dog — returns only once every sixty years: 2006, 2066.