1946 Chinese Zodiac: Fire Dog

01 / Check the boundary

What is my Chinese zodiac if I was born in 1946?

Two zodiac signs fall within the Gregorian year 1946. Choose the row containing your birthday. These dates include both the first and last day; the animal changes at Chinese New Year, not on January 1.

1946 birth dates and zodiac signs
Gregorian birthday	Animal & year element
January 1, 1946 – February 1, 1946	Wood Rooster 鸡
February 2, 1946 – December 31, 1946	Fire Dog 狗

The full 1946 lunar year continues into 1947, through January 21, 1947. A birthday on February 1, 1946 belongs to the Rooster; a birthday one day later, on February 2, 1946, belongs to the Dog.

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02 / The story of the year

What kind of Dog is 1946?

1946 is a Fire Dog year. Its stem-branch name is 丙戌 (bǐng-xū): the heavenly stem 丙 carries yang fire, and the earthly branch 戌 corresponds to the Dog.

Zodiac animal: Dog · 狗
Year element: Fire
Stem & branch: 丙戌 · bǐng-xū
Lunar year length: 354 days

Dog personality in tradition

The Dog commonly symbolizes loyalty and companionship in popular accounts of the zodiac.

The phrase “loyal & sincere” describes a traditional association with this animal, rather than a rule about everyone born in 1946. The year element is one part of the calendar; it does not establish a person's complete five-elements or Bāzì chart.

我属狗。

Wǒ shǔ gǒu. “I was born in the Year of the Dog.”

Dog compatibility in folklore

Dog, Tiger and Horse form a traditional harmony group of three. Dragon sits opposite Dog, six places away in the twelve-animal cycle. These describe symbolic positions, not evidence of who will make a good partner.

Explore traditional pairings →

03 / A closer look at the dates

1946 lunar calendar at a glance

This Dog year contains 12 lunar months and 354 days. There is no leap lunar month in this year. A leap month keeps the same animal and year element. The table follows the full lunar year, so its final months extend into 1947.

Lunar months of 1946: Gregorian start and end dates
Lunar month	Begins	Ends	Days
Month 1	February 2, 1946	March 3, 1946	30
Month 2	March 4, 1946	April 1, 1946	29
Month 3	April 2, 1946	April 30, 1946	29
Month 4	May 1, 1946	May 30, 1946	30
Month 5	May 31, 1946	June 28, 1946	29
Month 6	June 29, 1946	July 27, 1946	29
Month 7	July 28, 1946	August 26, 1946	30
Month 8	August 27, 1946	September 24, 1946	29
Month 9	September 25, 1946	October 24, 1946	30
Month 10	October 25, 1946	November 23, 1946	30
Month 11	November 24, 1946	December 22, 1946	29
Month 12	December 23, 1946	January 21, 1947	30

04 / Follow the cycle

Other Years of the Dog

The Dog returns every 12 years; the same Fire Dog combination returns every 60. These are the other Dog years in our 1901–2100 directory. Their New Year dates differ, so open a year to check its exact birthday boundary.

1910Metal Dog 1922Water Dog 1934Wood Dog 1958Earth Dog 1970Metal Dog 1982Water Dog 1994Wood Dog 2006Fire Dog 2018Earth Dog 2030Metal Dog 2042Water Dog 2054Wood Dog 2066Fire Dog 2078Earth Dog 2090Metal Dog

Sources & calendar convention

Dates are calculated from our local lunar-month dataset. The links below provide the Observatory’s calendar for this Gregorian year and an explanation of the stem-branch cycle. Cultural interpretations are introductory folklore, not predictions.