2026: Year of the Fire Horse
The 2026 Chinese zodiac year is the Yang Fire Horse, and it runs from 17 February 2026 to 5 February 2027 — not from 1 January.
- Animal
- Horse 马
- Element and polarity
- Yang Fire
- Gan-Zhi
- Bing Wu 丙午
- Age this zodiac year
- Born in 2026, a person turns 0 during the 2026 year
Born early in 2026? You may be Snake, not Horse
Chinese New Year 2026 fell on 17 February 2026. Anyone born between 1 January 2026 and 16 February 2026 — a window of 47 days — belongs to the 2025 zodiac year, the Yin Wood Snake, and not to the Horse.
Check an exact birth date against the 17 February 2026 boundary.
Exact 2026 zodiac year dates
The 2026 lunar year ran its ordinary twelve months, 354 days in total.
Other Horse years around 2026
| Horse year | Complete name | Begins |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Yang Metal Horse | 27 January 1990 |
| 2002 | Yang Water Horse | 12 February 2002 |
| 2014 | Yang Wood Horse | 31 January 2014 |
| 2038 | Yang Earth Horse | 4 February 2038 |
| 2050 | Yang Metal Horse | 23 January 2050 |
| 2062 | Yang Water Horse | 9 February 2062 |
The exact pairing 丙午 — Yang Fire Horse — returns only once every sixty years: 1906, 1966, 2086.