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1918 is the year of the Earth Horse in the Chinese calendar, from 11 February 1918 to 31 January 1919: 355 days, 12 lunar months. Born before 11 February 1918? That is still the Fire Snake year.
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355 days · Year of the Earth Horse
Sexagenary year
Fire generates Earth: the year stem is Earth, while theHorse's fixed phase is Fire.
Length
355 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 Earth Horse
Fire generates Earth in the Five Phases, so the Horse’s fixed element supports the year element.
The animal repeats every 12 years, while the stem-and-branch pairing repeats every 60. The element in “Earth Horse” 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 1918
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 1918.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 11 February 1918 | 30 |
| Month 2 | 13 March 1918 | 29 |
| Month 3 | 11 April 1918 | 29 |
| Month 4 | 10 May 1918 | 30 |
| Month 5 | 9 June 1918 | 29 |
| Month 6 | 8 July 1918 | 30 |
| Month 7 | 7 August 1918 | 29 |
| Month 8 | 5 September 1918 | 30 |
| Month 9 | 5 October 1918 | 30 |
| Month 10 | 4 November 1918 | 29 |
| Month 11 | 3 December 1918 | 30 |
| Month 12 | 2 January 1919 | 30 |
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19 February 1918 · 18:52:41 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 1918 · 17:20:55 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分21 March 1918 · 18:25:37 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 1918 · 22:45:12 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨21 April 1918 · 06:05:23 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏6 May 1918 · 16:38:11 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满22 May 1918 · 05:45:27 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种6 June 1918 · 21:10:57 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至22 June 1918 · 13:59:34 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑8 July 1918 · 07:32:07 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑24 July 1918 · 00:51:23 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋8 August 1918 · 17:07:24 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑24 August 1918 · 07:37:07 UTC+8
- White Dew白露8 September 1918 · 19:35:26 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分24 September 1918 · 04:45:37 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露9 October 1918 · 10:40:17 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降24 October 1918 · 13:32:47 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬8 November 1918 · 13:18:52 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪23 November 1918 · 10:38:02 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪8 December 1918 · 05:46:29 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 1918 · 23:41:27 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 1919 · 16:51:28 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒21 January 1919 · 10:20:40 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1918 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 11 February 1918lunar 1/1
- 25 February 1918lunar 1/15
- 13 June 1918lunar 5/5
- 13 August 1918lunar 7/7
- 21 August 1918lunar 7/15
- 19 September 1918lunar 8/15
- 13 October 1918lunar 9/9
- 9 January 1919lunar 12/8
- 31 January 1919lunar 12/30
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1918
Each Gregorian month of 1918, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.