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1922 is the year of the Water Dog in the Chinese calendar, from 28 January 1922 to 15 February 1923: 384 days, 13 lunar months, including leap month 5. Born before 28 January 1922? That is still the Metal Rooster year.
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384 days · Year of the Water Dog
Sexagenary year
Earth controls Water: the year stem is Water, while theDog's fixed phase is Earth.
Length
384 days
Across 13 lunar months.
Leap month
Month 5
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 Water Dog
Earth restrains Water in the Five Phases, so the Dog’s fixed element is understood as moderating the year element.
The animal repeats every 12 years, while the stem-and-branch pairing repeats every 60. The element in “Water Dog” 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 1922
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 1922.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 28 January 1922 | 30 |
| Month 2 | 27 February 1922 | 29 |
| Month 3 | 28 March 1922 | 30 |
| Month 4 | 27 April 1922 | 30 |
| Month 5 | 27 May 1922 | 29 |
| Leap month 5 | 25 June 1922 | 29 |
| Month 6 | 24 July 1922 | 30 |
| Month 7 | 23 August 1922 | 29 |
| Month 8 | 21 September 1922 | 29 |
| Month 9 | 20 October 1922 | 30 |
| Month 10 | 19 November 1922 | 29 |
| Month 11 | 18 December 1922 | 30 |
| Month 12 | 17 January 1923 | 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4 February 1922 · 22:06:24 UTC+8
- Rain Water雨水19 February 1922 · 18:16:09 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 1922 · 16:33:49 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分21 March 1922 · 17:48:33 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 1922 · 21:58:00 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨21 April 1922 · 05:28:32 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏6 May 1922 · 15:52:50 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满22 May 1922 · 05:10:13 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种6 June 1922 · 20:30:15 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至22 June 1922 · 13:26:39 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑8 July 1922 · 06:57:25 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑24 July 1922 · 00:19:38 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋8 August 1922 · 16:37:08 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑24 August 1922 · 07:04:09 UTC+8
- White Dew白露8 September 1922 · 19:06:19 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分24 September 1922 · 04:09:32 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露9 October 1922 · 10:09:25 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降24 October 1922 · 12:52:52 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬8 November 1922 · 12:45:12 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪23 November 1922 · 09:55:09 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪8 December 1922 · 05:10:38 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 1922 · 22:56:52 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 1923 · 16:14:00 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒21 January 1923 · 09:34:45 UTC+8
- Beginning of Spring立春5 February 1923 · 04:00:17 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1922 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 28 January 1922lunar 1/1
- 11 February 1922lunar 1/15
- 31 May 1922lunar 5/5
- 29 August 1922lunar 7/7
- 6 September 1922lunar 7/15
- 5 October 1922lunar 8/15
- 28 October 1922lunar 9/9
- 24 January 1923lunar 12/8
- 15 February 1923lunar 12/30
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1922
Each Gregorian month of 1922, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.