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1916 is the year of the Fire Dragon in the Chinese calendar, from 3 February 1916 to 22 January 1917: 355 days, 12 lunar months. Born before 3 February 1916? That is still the Wood Rabbit year.
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355 days · Year of the Fire Dragon
Sexagenary year
Fire generates Earth: the year stem is Fire, while theDragon's fixed phase is Earth.
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 Fire Dragon
Fire generates Earth in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Dragon’s fixed element.
The animal repeats every 12 years, while the stem-and-branch pairing repeats every 60. The element in “Fire Dragon” 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 1916
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 1916.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 3 February 1916 | 30 |
| Month 2 | 4 March 1916 | 30 |
| Month 3 | 3 April 1916 | 29 |
| Month 4 | 2 May 1916 | 30 |
| Month 5 | 1 June 1916 | 29 |
| Month 6 | 30 June 1916 | 30 |
| Month 7 | 30 July 1916 | 30 |
| Month 8 | 29 August 1916 | 29 |
| Month 9 | 27 September 1916 | 30 |
| Month 10 | 27 October 1916 | 29 |
| Month 11 | 25 November 1916 | 30 |
| Month 12 | 25 December 1916 | 29 |
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 1916 · 11:13:58 UTC+8
- Rain Water雨水20 February 1916 · 07:17:59 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 1916 · 05:37:21 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分21 March 1916 · 06:46:50 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 1916 · 10:57:49 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨20 April 1916 · 18:24:35 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏6 May 1916 · 04:49:45 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满21 May 1916 · 18:05:50 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种6 June 1916 · 09:25:39 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至22 June 1916 · 02:24:21 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑7 July 1916 · 19:53:33 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑23 July 1916 · 13:21:08 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋8 August 1916 · 05:34:55 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑23 August 1916 · 20:08:31 UTC+8
- White Dew白露8 September 1916 · 08:04:59 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分23 September 1916 · 17:14:43 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露8 October 1916 · 23:07:51 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降24 October 1916 · 01:57:11 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬8 November 1916 · 01:42:15 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪22 November 1916 · 22:57:44 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪7 December 1916 · 18:06:09 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 1916 · 11:58:29 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 1917 · 05:09:27 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒20 January 1917 · 22:37:18 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1916 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 3 February 1916lunar 1/1
- 17 February 1916lunar 1/15
- 5 June 1916lunar 5/5
- 5 August 1916lunar 7/7
- 13 August 1916lunar 7/15
- 12 September 1916lunar 8/15
- 5 October 1916lunar 9/9
- 1 January 1917lunar 12/8
- 22 January 1917lunar 12/29
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1916
Each Gregorian month of 1916, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.