1976: Year of the Fire Dragon
The 1976 Chinese zodiac year is the Yang Fire Dragon, and it runs from 31 January 1976 to 17 February 1977 — not from 1 January.
- Animal
- Dragon 龙
- Element and polarity
- Yang Fire
- Gan-Zhi
- Bing Chen 丙辰
- Age this zodiac year
- Born in 1976, a person turns 50 during the 2026 year
Born early in 1976? You may be Rabbit, not Dragon
Chinese New Year 1976 fell on 31 January 1976. Anyone born between 1 January 1976 and 30 January 1976 — a window of 30 days — belongs to the 1975 zodiac year, the Yin Wood Rabbit, and not to the Dragon.
Check an exact birth date against the 31 January 1976 boundary.
Exact 1976 zodiac year dates
The 1976 lunar year carried a leap month, stretching it to 384 days — which is why the following Chinese New Year falls comparatively late.
Other Dragon years around 1976
| Dragon year | Complete name | Begins |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | Yang Metal Dragon | 8 February 1940 |
| 1952 | Yang Water Dragon | 27 January 1952 |
| 1964 | Yang Wood Dragon | 13 February 1964 |
| 1988 | Yang Earth Dragon | 17 February 1988 |
| 2000 | Yang Metal Dragon | 5 February 2000 |
| 2012 | Yang Water Dragon | 23 January 2012 |
The exact pairing 丙辰 — Yang Fire Dragon — returns only once every sixty years: 1916, 2036, 2096.