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1902 is the year of the Water Tiger in the Chinese calendar, from 8 February 1902 to 28 January 1903: 355 days, 12 lunar months. Born before 8 February 1902? That is still the Metal Ox year.
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355 days · Year of the Water Tiger
Sexagenary year
Water generates Wood: the year stem is Water, while theTiger's fixed phase is Wood.
Length
355 days
Across 12 lunar months.
Leap month
None
The year runs its ordinary twelve months.
Beginning of Spring
Not within this year
立春 does not fall inside it — a springless year, 无春年.
Year name explained
Why Water Tiger
Water generates Wood in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Tiger’s fixed element.
The animal repeats every 12 years, while the stem-and-branch pairing repeats every 60. The element in “Water Tiger” comes from the year's heavenly stem; it is distinct from the animal's conventional fixed phase. Read the calendar glossary.
The 12 lunar months of 1902
A lunar month begins on the day of the new moon, so its Gregorian start date moves every year. These are the exact correspondences for 1902.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 8 February 1902 | 30 |
| Month 2 | 10 March 1902 | 29 |
| Month 3 | 8 April 1902 | 30 |
| Month 4 | 8 May 1902 | 29 |
| Month 5 | 6 June 1902 | 29 |
| Month 6 | 5 July 1902 | 30 |
| Month 7 | 4 August 1902 | 29 |
| Month 8 | 2 September 1902 | 30 |
| Month 9 | 2 October 1902 | 29 |
| Month 10 | 31 October 1902 | 30 |
| Month 11 | 30 November 1902 | 30 |
| Month 12 | 30 December 1902 | 30 |
The solar year within it
23 solar terms
Solar terms track the sun rather than the moon, so they sit at almost the same Gregorian date every year while the lunar months move by weeks. A twelve-month year is about eleven days shorter than the solar year and so holds fewer of them than a thirteen-month one.
- Rain Water雨水19 February 1902 · 21:39:42 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 1902 · 20:07:32 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分21 March 1902 · 21:16:33 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明6 April 1902 · 01:37:26 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨21 April 1902 · 09:04:08 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏6 May 1902 · 19:38:48 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满22 May 1902 · 08:53:31 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种7 June 1902 · 00:19:47 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至22 June 1902 · 17:15:08 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑8 July 1902 · 10:46:19 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑24 July 1902 · 04:09:52 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋8 August 1902 · 20:22:16 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑24 August 1902 · 10:53:03 UTC+8
- White Dew白露8 September 1902 · 22:46:25 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分24 September 1902 · 07:55:20 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露9 October 1902 · 13:45:10 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降24 October 1902 · 16:35:38 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬8 November 1902 · 16:17:46 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪23 November 1902 · 13:35:23 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪8 December 1902 · 08:41:01 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至23 December 1902 · 02:35:31 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 1903 · 19:43:43 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒21 January 1903 · 13:13:32 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1902 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 8 February 1902lunar 1/1
- 22 February 1902lunar 1/15
- 10 June 1902lunar 5/5
- 10 August 1902lunar 7/7
- 18 August 1902lunar 7/15
- 16 September 1902lunar 8/15
- 10 October 1902lunar 9/9
- 6 January 1903lunar 12/8
- 28 January 1903lunar 12/30
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1902
Each Gregorian month of 1902, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.