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1914 is the year of the Wood Tiger in the Chinese calendar, from 26 January 1914 to 13 February 1915: 384 days, 13 lunar months, including leap month 5. Born before 26 January 1914? That is still the Water Ox year.
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384 days · Year of the Wood Tiger
Sexagenary year
Wood reinforces Wood: the year stem is Wood, while theTiger's fixed phase is Wood.
Length
384 days
Across 13 lunar months.
Leap month
Month 5
30 days in the repeated month.
Beginning of Spring
Twice
立春 falls twice — a double-spring year, 双春年.
Year name explained
Why Wood Tiger
Wood is both the year element and the Tiger’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Wood.
The animal repeats every 12 years, while the stem-and-branch pairing repeats every 60. The element in “Wood Tiger” 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 1914
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 1914.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 26 January 1914 | 30 |
| Month 2 | 25 February 1914 | 30 |
| Month 3 | 27 March 1914 | 29 |
| Month 4 | 25 April 1914 | 30 |
| Month 5 | 25 May 1914 | 29 |
| Leap month 5 | 23 June 1914 | 30 |
| Month 6 | 23 July 1914 | 29 |
| Month 7 | 21 August 1914 | 30 |
| Month 8 | 20 September 1914 | 29 |
| Month 9 | 19 October 1914 | 29 |
| Month 10 | 17 November 1914 | 30 |
| Month 11 | 17 December 1914 | 29 |
| Month 12 | 15 January 1915 | 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 1914 · 23:29:16 UTC+8
- Rain Water雨水19 February 1914 · 19:37:54 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 1914 · 17:55:48 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分21 March 1914 · 19:10:42 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 1914 · 23:21:50 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨21 April 1914 · 06:53:12 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏6 May 1914 · 17:20:03 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满22 May 1914 · 06:37:38 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种6 June 1914 · 21:59:56 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至22 June 1914 · 14:55:00 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑8 July 1914 · 08:27:12 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑24 July 1914 · 01:46:52 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋8 August 1914 · 18:05:11 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑24 August 1914 · 08:29:34 UTC+8
- White Dew白露8 September 1914 · 20:32:26 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分24 September 1914 · 05:33:47 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露9 October 1914 · 11:34:47 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降24 October 1914 · 14:17:16 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬8 November 1914 · 14:11:01 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪23 November 1914 · 11:20:21 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪8 December 1914 · 06:37:05 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至23 December 1914 · 00:22:22 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 1915 · 17:40:16 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒21 January 1915 · 10:59:30 UTC+8
- Beginning of Spring立春5 February 1915 · 05:25:26 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1914 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 26 January 1914lunar 1/1
- 9 February 1914lunar 1/15
- 29 May 1914lunar 5/5
- 27 August 1914lunar 7/7
- 4 September 1914lunar 7/15
- 4 October 1914lunar 8/15
- 27 October 1914lunar 9/9
- 22 January 1915lunar 12/8
- 13 February 1915lunar 12/30
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1914
Each Gregorian month of 1914, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.