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1915 is the year of the Wood Rabbit in the Chinese calendar, from 14 February 1915 to 2 February 1916: 354 days, 12 lunar months. Born before 14 February 1915? That is still the Wood Tiger year.
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354 days · Year of the Wood Rabbit
Sexagenary year
Wood reinforces Wood: the year stem is Wood, while theRabbit's fixed phase is Wood.
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 Rabbit
Wood is both the year element and the Rabbit’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 Rabbit” 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 1915
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 1915.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 14 February 1915 | 30 |
| Month 2 | 16 March 1915 | 29 |
| Month 3 | 14 April 1915 | 30 |
| Month 4 | 14 May 1915 | 30 |
| Month 5 | 13 June 1915 | 29 |
| Month 6 | 12 July 1915 | 30 |
| Month 7 | 11 August 1915 | 29 |
| Month 8 | 9 September 1915 | 30 |
| Month 9 | 9 October 1915 | 29 |
| Month 10 | 7 November 1915 | 30 |
| Month 11 | 7 December 1915 | 29 |
| Month 12 | 5 January 1916 | 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 1915 · 01:23:03 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 1915 · 23:48:16 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分22 March 1915 · 00:51:14 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明6 April 1915 · 05:09:15 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨21 April 1915 · 12:28:46 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏6 May 1915 · 23:02:44 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满22 May 1915 · 12:10:23 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种7 June 1915 · 03:40:07 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至22 June 1915 · 20:29:20 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑8 July 1915 · 14:07:45 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑24 July 1915 · 07:26:21 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋8 August 1915 · 23:47:41 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑24 August 1915 · 14:14:58 UTC+8
- White Dew白露9 September 1915 · 02:17:05 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分24 September 1915 · 11:23:45 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露9 October 1915 · 17:20:52 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降24 October 1915 · 20:09:39 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬8 November 1915 · 19:57:38 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪23 November 1915 · 17:13:26 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪8 December 1915 · 12:23:53 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至23 December 1915 · 06:15:44 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 1916 · 23:27:47 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒21 January 1916 · 16:53:33 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1915 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 14 February 1915lunar 1/1
- 28 February 1915lunar 1/15
- 17 June 1915lunar 5/5
- 17 August 1915lunar 7/7
- 25 August 1915lunar 7/15
- 23 September 1915lunar 8/15
- 17 October 1915lunar 9/9
- 12 January 1916lunar 12/8
- 2 February 1916lunar 12/29
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1915
Each Gregorian month of 1915, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.