2006: Year of the Fire Dog
The 2006 Chinese zodiac year is the Yang Fire Dog, and it runs from 29 January 2006 to 17 February 2007 — not from 1 January.
- Animal
- Dog 狗
- Element and polarity
- Yang Fire
- Gan-Zhi
- Bing Xu 丙戌
- Age this zodiac year
- Born in 2006, a person turns 20 during the 2026 year
Born early in 2006? You may be Rooster, not Dog
Chinese New Year 2006 fell on 29 January 2006. Anyone born between 1 January 2006 and 28 January 2006 — a window of 28 days — belongs to the 2005 zodiac year, the Yin Wood Rooster, and not to the Dog.
Check an exact birth date against the 29 January 2006 boundary.
Exact 2006 zodiac year dates
The 2006 lunar year carried a leap month, stretching it to 385 days — which is why the following Chinese New Year falls comparatively late.
Other Dog years around 2006
| Dog year | Complete name | Begins |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Yang Metal Dog | 6 February 1970 |
| 1982 | Yang Water Dog | 25 January 1982 |
| 1994 | Yang Wood Dog | 10 February 1994 |
| 2018 | Yang Earth Dog | 16 February 2018 |
| 2030 | Yang Metal Dog | 3 February 2030 |
| 2042 | Yang Water Dog | 22 January 2042 |
The exact pairing 丙戌 — Yang Fire Dog — returns only once every sixty years: 1946, 2066.