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1919 is the year of the Earth Goat in the Chinese calendar, from 1 February 1919 to 19 February 1920: 384 days, 13 lunar months, including leap month 7. Born before 1 February 1919? That is still the Earth Horse year.
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384 days · Year of the Earth Goat
Sexagenary year
Earth reinforces Earth: the year stem is Earth, while theGoat's fixed phase is Earth.
Length
384 days
Across 13 lunar months.
Leap month
Month 7
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 Earth Goat
Earth is both the year element and the Goat’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Earth.
The animal repeats every 12 years, while the stem-and-branch pairing repeats every 60. The element in “Earth Goat” 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 1919
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 1919.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 1 February 1919 | 29 |
| Month 2 | 2 March 1919 | 30 |
| Month 3 | 1 April 1919 | 29 |
| Month 4 | 30 April 1919 | 29 |
| Month 5 | 29 May 1919 | 30 |
| Month 6 | 28 June 1919 | 29 |
| Month 7 | 27 July 1919 | 29 |
| Leap month 7 | 25 August 1919 | 30 |
| Month 8 | 24 September 1919 | 30 |
| Month 9 | 24 October 1919 | 29 |
| Month 10 | 22 November 1919 | 30 |
| Month 11 | 22 December 1919 | 30 |
| Month 12 | 21 January 1920 | 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5 February 1919 · 04:39:23 UTC+8
- Rain Water雨水20 February 1919 · 00:47:25 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 1919 · 23:05:29 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分22 March 1919 · 00:19:05 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明6 April 1919 · 04:28:44 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨21 April 1919 · 11:58:35 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏6 May 1919 · 22:22:00 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满22 May 1919 · 11:39:04 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种7 June 1919 · 02:56:36 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至22 June 1919 · 19:53:30 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑8 July 1919 · 13:20:30 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑24 July 1919 · 06:44:26 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋8 August 1919 · 22:58:01 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑24 August 1919 · 13:28:16 UTC+8
- White Dew白露9 September 1919 · 01:27:37 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分24 September 1919 · 10:35:18 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露9 October 1919 · 16:33:20 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降24 October 1919 · 19:21:14 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬8 November 1919 · 19:11:30 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪23 November 1919 · 16:25:07 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪8 December 1919 · 11:37:47 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至23 December 1919 · 05:27:01 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 1920 · 22:40:47 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒21 January 1920 · 16:04:20 UTC+8
- Beginning of Spring立春5 February 1920 · 10:26:26 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1919 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 1 February 1919lunar 1/1
- 15 February 1919lunar 1/15
- 2 June 1919lunar 5/5
- 2 August 1919lunar 7/7
- 10 August 1919lunar 7/15
- 8 October 1919lunar 8/15
- 1 November 1919lunar 9/9
- 28 January 1920lunar 12/8
- 19 February 1920lunar 12/30
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1919
Each Gregorian month of 1919, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.