1986: Year of the Fire Tiger
The 1986 Chinese zodiac year is the Yang Fire Tiger, and it runs from 9 February 1986 to 28 January 1987 — not from 1 January.
- Animal
- Tiger 虎
- Element and polarity
- Yang Fire
- Gan-Zhi
- Bing Yin 丙寅
- Age this zodiac year
- Born in 1986, a person turns 40 during the 2026 year
Born early in 1986? You may be Ox, not Tiger
Chinese New Year 1986 fell on 9 February 1986. Anyone born between 1 January 1986 and 8 February 1986 — a window of 39 days — belongs to the 1985 zodiac year, the Yin Wood Ox, and not to the Tiger.
Check an exact birth date against the 9 February 1986 boundary.
Exact 1986 zodiac year dates
The 1986 lunar year ran its ordinary twelve months, 354 days in total.
Other Tiger years around 1986
| Tiger year | Complete name | Begins |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Yang Metal Tiger | 17 February 1950 |
| 1962 | Yang Water Tiger | 5 February 1962 |
| 1974 | Yang Wood Tiger | 23 January 1974 |
| 1998 | Yang Earth Tiger | 28 January 1998 |
| 2010 | Yang Metal Tiger | 14 February 2010 |
| 2022 | Yang Water Tiger | 1 February 2022 |
The exact pairing 丙寅 — Yang Fire Tiger — returns only once every sixty years: 1926, 2046.