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1904 is the year of the Wood Dragon in the Chinese calendar, from 16 February 1904 to 3 February 1905: 354 days, 12 lunar months. Born before 16 February 1904? That is still the Water Rabbit year.
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354 days · Year of the Wood Dragon
Sexagenary year
Wood controls Earth: the year stem is Wood, while theDragon's fixed phase is Earth.
Length
354 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 Wood Dragon
Wood restrains Earth in the Five Phases, so the year element is understood as moderating the Dragon’s fixed element.
The animal repeats every 12 years, while the stem-and-branch pairing repeats every 60. The element in “Wood Dragon” 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 1904
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 1904.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 16 February 1904 | 30 |
| Month 2 | 17 March 1904 | 30 |
| Month 3 | 16 April 1904 | 29 |
| Month 4 | 15 May 1904 | 30 |
| Month 5 | 14 June 1904 | 29 |
| Month 6 | 13 July 1904 | 29 |
| Month 7 | 11 August 1904 | 30 |
| Month 8 | 10 September 1904 | 29 |
| Month 9 | 9 October 1904 | 29 |
| Month 10 | 7 November 1904 | 30 |
| Month 11 | 7 December 1904 | 30 |
| Month 12 | 6 January 1905 | 29 |
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20 February 1904 · 09:24:51 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 1904 · 07:51:39 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分21 March 1904 · 08:58:34 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 1904 · 13:18:51 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨20 April 1904 · 20:42:08 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏6 May 1904 · 07:18:34 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满21 May 1904 · 20:28:55 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种6 June 1904 · 12:00:58 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至22 June 1904 · 04:51:21 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑7 July 1904 · 22:31:41 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑23 July 1904 · 15:49:35 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋8 August 1904 · 08:11:51 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑23 August 1904 · 22:36:24 UTC+8
- White Dew白露8 September 1904 · 10:37:58 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分23 September 1904 · 19:40:12 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露9 October 1904 · 01:35:34 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降24 October 1904 · 04:19:02 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬8 November 1904 · 04:04:58 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪23 November 1904 · 01:15:53 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪7 December 1904 · 20:25:20 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 1904 · 14:13:56 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 1905 · 07:27:06 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒21 January 1905 · 00:51:56 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1904 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 16 February 1904lunar 1/1
- 1 March 1904lunar 1/15
- 18 June 1904lunar 5/5
- 17 August 1904lunar 7/7
- 25 August 1904lunar 7/15
- 24 September 1904lunar 8/15
- 17 October 1904lunar 9/9
- 13 January 1905lunar 12/8
- 3 February 1905lunar 12/29
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1904
Each Gregorian month of 1904, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.