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1909 is the year of the Earth Rooster in the Chinese calendar, from 22 January 1909 to 9 February 1910: 384 days, 13 lunar months, including leap month 2. Born before 22 January 1909? That is still the Earth Monkey year.
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384 days · Year of the Earth Rooster
Sexagenary year
Earth generates Metal: the year stem is Earth, while theRooster's fixed phase is Metal.
Length
384 days
Across 13 lunar months.
Leap month
Month 2
29 days in the repeated month.
Beginning of Spring
Twice
立春 falls twice — a double-spring year, 双春年.
Year name explained
Why Earth Rooster
Earth generates Metal in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Rooster’s fixed element.
The animal repeats every 12 years, while the stem-and-branch pairing repeats every 60. The element in “Earth Rooster” comes from the year's heavenly stem; it is distinct from the animal's conventional fixed phase. Read the calendar glossary.
The 13 lunar months of 1909
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 1909.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 22 January 1909 | 29 |
| Month 2 | 20 February 1909 | 30 |
| Leap month 2 | 22 March 1909 | 29 |
| Month 3 | 20 April 1909 | 29 |
| Month 4 | 19 May 1909 | 30 |
| Month 5 | 18 June 1909 | 29 |
| Month 6 | 17 July 1909 | 30 |
| Month 7 | 16 August 1909 | 29 |
| Month 8 | 14 September 1909 | 30 |
| Month 9 | 14 October 1909 | 30 |
| Month 10 | 13 November 1909 | 30 |
| Month 11 | 13 December 1909 | 29 |
| Month 12 | 11 January 1910 | 30 |
The solar year within it
25 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 1909 · 18:32:31 UTC+8
- Rain Water雨水19 February 1909 · 14:38:19 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 1909 · 13:00:47 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分21 March 1909 · 14:12:56 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 1909 · 18:29:25 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨21 April 1909 · 01:57:44 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏6 May 1909 · 12:30:50 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满22 May 1909 · 01:44:52 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种6 June 1909 · 17:13:56 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至22 June 1909 · 10:05:31 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑8 July 1909 · 03:43:57 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑23 July 1909 · 21:00:26 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋8 August 1909 · 13:22:28 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑24 August 1909 · 03:43:30 UTC+8
- White Dew白露8 September 1909 · 15:46:35 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分24 September 1909 · 00:44:29 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露9 October 1909 · 06:43:08 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降24 October 1909 · 09:22:30 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬8 November 1909 · 09:13:03 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪23 November 1909 · 06:20:15 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪8 December 1909 · 01:34:49 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 1909 · 19:19:47 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 1910 · 12:37:57 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒21 January 1910 · 05:58:56 UTC+8
- Beginning of Spring立春5 February 1910 · 00:27:22 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1909 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 22 January 1909lunar 1/1
- 5 February 1909lunar 1/15
- 22 June 1909lunar 5/5
- 22 August 1909lunar 7/7
- 30 August 1909lunar 7/15
- 28 September 1909lunar 8/15
- 22 October 1909lunar 9/9
- 18 January 1910lunar 12/8
- 9 February 1910lunar 12/30
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1909
Each Gregorian month of 1909, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.