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1917 is the year of the Fire Snake in the Chinese calendar, from 23 January 1917 to 10 February 1918: 384 days, 13 lunar months, including leap month 2. Born before 23 January 1917? That is still the Fire Dragon year.
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384 days · Year of the Fire Snake
Sexagenary year
Fire reinforces Fire: the year stem is Fire, while theSnake's fixed phase is Fire.
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 Fire Snake
Fire is both the year element and the Snake’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Fire.
The animal repeats every 12 years, while the stem-and-branch pairing repeats every 60. The element in “Fire Snake” 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 1917
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 1917.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 23 January 1917 | 30 |
| Month 2 | 22 February 1917 | 29 |
| Leap month 2 | 23 March 1917 | 29 |
| Month 3 | 21 April 1917 | 30 |
| Month 4 | 21 May 1917 | 29 |
| Month 5 | 19 June 1917 | 30 |
| Month 6 | 19 July 1917 | 30 |
| Month 7 | 18 August 1917 | 29 |
| Month 8 | 16 September 1917 | 30 |
| Month 9 | 16 October 1917 | 30 |
| Month 10 | 15 November 1917 | 29 |
| Month 11 | 14 December 1917 | 30 |
| Month 12 | 13 January 1918 | 29 |
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 1917 · 16:57:32 UTC+8
- Rain Water雨水19 February 1917 · 13:04:44 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 1917 · 11:24:48 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分21 March 1917 · 12:37:11 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 1917 · 16:49:54 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨21 April 1917 · 00:17:22 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏6 May 1917 · 10:45:42 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满21 May 1917 · 23:58:31 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种6 June 1917 · 15:23:10 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至22 June 1917 · 08:14:16 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑8 July 1917 · 01:50:13 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑23 July 1917 · 19:07:45 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋8 August 1917 · 11:30:07 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑24 August 1917 · 01:53:38 UTC+8
- White Dew白露8 September 1917 · 13:59:21 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分23 September 1917 · 23:00:06 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露9 October 1917 · 05:02:08 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降24 October 1917 · 07:43:37 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬8 November 1917 · 07:36:54 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪23 November 1917 · 04:44:52 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪8 December 1917 · 00:00:59 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 1917 · 17:45:37 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 1918 · 11:04:23 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒21 January 1918 · 04:24:32 UTC+8
- Beginning of Spring立春4 February 1918 · 22:53:05 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1917 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 23 January 1917lunar 1/1
- 6 February 1917lunar 1/15
- 23 June 1917lunar 5/5
- 24 August 1917lunar 7/7
- 1 September 1917lunar 7/15
- 30 September 1917lunar 8/15
- 24 October 1917lunar 9/9
- 20 January 1918lunar 12/8
- 10 February 1918lunar 12/29
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1917
Each Gregorian month of 1917, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.