1966: Year of the Fire Horse
The 1966 Chinese zodiac year is the Yang Fire Horse, and it runs from 21 January 1966 to 8 February 1967 — not from 1 January.
- Animal
- Horse 马
- Element and polarity
- Yang Fire
- Gan-Zhi
- Bing Wu 丙午
- Age this zodiac year
- Born in 1966, a person turns 60 during the 2026 year
Born early in 1966? You may be Snake, not Horse
Chinese New Year 1966 fell on 21 January 1966. Anyone born between 1 January 1966 and 20 January 1966 — a window of 20 days — belongs to the 1965 zodiac year, the Yin Wood Snake, and not to the Horse.
Check an exact birth date against the 21 January 1966 boundary.
Exact 1966 zodiac year dates
The 1966 lunar year carried a leap month, stretching it to 384 days — which is why the following Chinese New Year falls comparatively late.
Other Horse years around 1966
| Horse year | Complete name | Begins |
|---|---|---|
| 1930 | Yang Metal Horse | 30 January 1930 |
| 1942 | Yang Water Horse | 15 February 1942 |
| 1954 | Yang Wood Horse | 3 February 1954 |
| 1978 | Yang Earth Horse | 7 February 1978 |
| 1990 | Yang Metal Horse | 27 January 1990 |
| 2002 | Yang Water Horse | 12 February 2002 |
The exact pairing 丙午 — Yang Fire Horse — returns only once every sixty years: 1906, 2026, 2086.