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1905 is the year of the Wood Snake in the Chinese calendar, from 4 February 1905 to 24 January 1906: 355 days, 12 lunar months. Born before 4 February 1905? That is still the Wood Dragon year.
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355 days · Year of the Wood Snake
Sexagenary year
Wood generates Fire: the year stem is Wood, while theSnake's fixed phase is Fire.
Length
355 days
Across 12 lunar months.
Leap month
None
The year runs its ordinary twelve months.
Beginning of Spring
Once
立春 falls once, as it usually does.
Year name explained
Why Wood Snake
Wood generates Fire in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Snake’s fixed element.
The animal repeats every 12 years, while the stem-and-branch pairing repeats every 60. The element in “Wood Snake” 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 1905
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 1905.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 4 February 1905 | 30 |
| Month 2 | 6 March 1905 | 30 |
| Month 3 | 5 April 1905 | 29 |
| Month 4 | 4 May 1905 | 30 |
| Month 5 | 3 June 1905 | 30 |
| Month 6 | 3 July 1905 | 29 |
| Month 7 | 1 August 1905 | 29 |
| Month 8 | 30 August 1905 | 30 |
| Month 9 | 29 September 1905 | 29 |
| Month 10 | 28 October 1905 | 30 |
| Month 11 | 27 November 1905 | 29 |
| Month 12 | 26 December 1905 | 30 |
The solar year within it
24 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.
- Beginning of Spring立春4 February 1905 · 19:15:49 UTC+8
- Rain Water雨水19 February 1905 · 15:20:58 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 1905 · 13:45:36 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分21 March 1905 · 14:57:31 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 1905 · 19:14:28 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨21 April 1905 · 02:43:45 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏6 May 1905 · 13:14:04 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满22 May 1905 · 02:31:16 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种6 June 1905 · 17:53:33 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至22 June 1905 · 10:51:22 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑8 July 1905 · 04:19:59 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑23 July 1905 · 21:45:37 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋8 August 1905 · 13:56:57 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑24 August 1905 · 04:28:36 UTC+8
- White Dew白露8 September 1905 · 16:21:46 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分24 September 1905 · 01:29:56 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露9 October 1905 · 07:19:36 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降24 October 1905 · 10:07:55 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬8 November 1905 · 09:49:46 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪23 November 1905 · 07:04:53 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪8 December 1905 · 02:10:47 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 1905 · 20:03:41 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 1906 · 13:13:27 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒21 January 1906 · 06:43:14 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1905 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 4 February 1905lunar 1/1
- 18 February 1905lunar 1/15
- 7 June 1905lunar 5/5
- 7 August 1905lunar 7/7
- 15 August 1905lunar 7/15
- 13 September 1905lunar 8/15
- 7 October 1905lunar 9/9
- 2 January 1906lunar 12/8
- 24 January 1906lunar 12/30
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1905
Each Gregorian month of 1905, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.