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1908 is the year of the Earth Monkey in the Chinese calendar, from 2 February 1908 to 21 January 1909: 355 days, 12 lunar months. Born before 2 February 1908? That is still the Fire Goat year.
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355 days · Year of the Earth Monkey
Sexagenary year
Earth generates Metal: the year stem is Earth, while theMonkey's fixed phase is Metal.
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 Earth Monkey
Earth generates Metal in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Monkey’s fixed element.
The animal repeats every 12 years, while the stem-and-branch pairing repeats every 60. The element in “Earth Monkey” 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 1908
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 1908.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 2 February 1908 | 30 |
| Month 2 | 3 March 1908 | 29 |
| Month 3 | 1 April 1908 | 29 |
| Month 4 | 30 April 1908 | 30 |
| Month 5 | 30 May 1908 | 30 |
| Month 6 | 29 June 1908 | 29 |
| Month 7 | 28 July 1908 | 30 |
| Month 8 | 27 August 1908 | 29 |
| Month 9 | 25 September 1908 | 30 |
| Month 10 | 25 October 1908 | 30 |
| Month 11 | 24 November 1908 | 29 |
| Month 12 | 23 December 1908 | 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5 February 1908 · 12:47:13 UTC+8
- Rain Water雨水20 February 1908 · 08:53:54 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 1908 · 07:13:34 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分21 March 1908 · 08:27:14 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 1908 · 12:39:46 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨20 April 1908 · 20:11:15 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏6 May 1908 · 06:38:20 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满21 May 1908 · 19:58:06 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种6 June 1908 · 11:19:03 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至22 June 1908 · 04:19:01 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑7 July 1908 · 21:48:00 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑23 July 1908 · 15:14:05 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋8 August 1908 · 07:26:42 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑23 August 1908 · 21:56:59 UTC+8
- White Dew白露8 September 1908 · 09:52:16 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分23 September 1908 · 18:58:15 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露9 October 1908 · 00:50:51 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降24 October 1908 · 03:36:47 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬8 November 1908 · 03:22:01 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪23 November 1908 · 00:34:37 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪7 December 1908 · 19:43:37 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 1908 · 13:33:24 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 1909 · 06:45:13 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒21 January 1909 · 00:10:55 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1908 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 2 February 1908lunar 1/1
- 16 February 1908lunar 1/15
- 3 June 1908lunar 5/5
- 3 August 1908lunar 7/7
- 11 August 1908lunar 7/15
- 10 September 1908lunar 8/15
- 3 October 1908lunar 9/9
- 30 December 1908lunar 12/8
- 21 January 1909lunar 12/30
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1908
Each Gregorian month of 1908, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.