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1925 is the year of the Wood Ox in the Chinese calendar, from 24 January 1925 to 12 February 1926: 385 days, 13 lunar months, including leap month 4. Born before 24 January 1925? That is still the Wood Rat year.
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385 days · Year of the Wood Ox
Sexagenary year
Wood controls Earth: the year stem is Wood, while theOx's fixed phase is Earth.
Length
385 days
Across 13 lunar months.
Leap month
Month 4
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 Wood Ox
Wood restrains Earth in the Five Phases, so the year element is understood as moderating the Ox’s fixed element.
The animal repeats every 12 years, while the stem-and-branch pairing repeats every 60. The element in “Wood Ox” 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 1925
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 1925.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 24 January 1925 | 30 |
| Month 2 | 23 February 1925 | 29 |
| Month 3 | 24 March 1925 | 30 |
| Month 4 | 23 April 1925 | 29 |
| Leap month 4 | 22 May 1925 | 30 |
| Month 5 | 21 June 1925 | 30 |
| Month 6 | 21 July 1925 | 29 |
| Month 7 | 19 August 1925 | 30 |
| Month 8 | 18 September 1925 | 30 |
| Month 9 | 18 October 1925 | 29 |
| Month 10 | 16 November 1925 | 30 |
| Month 11 | 16 December 1925 | 29 |
| Month 12 | 14 January 1926 | 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 1925 · 15:36:45 UTC+8
- Rain Water雨水19 February 1925 · 11:42:59 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 1925 · 09:59:50 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分21 March 1925 · 11:12:06 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 1925 · 15:22:27 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨20 April 1925 · 22:51:05 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏6 May 1925 · 09:17:51 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满21 May 1925 · 22:32:53 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种6 June 1925 · 13:56:22 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至22 June 1925 · 06:49:54 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑8 July 1925 · 00:24:54 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑23 July 1925 · 17:44:47 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋8 August 1925 · 10:07:05 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑24 August 1925 · 00:33:05 UTC+8
- White Dew白露8 September 1925 · 12:40:01 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分23 September 1925 · 21:43:19 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露9 October 1925 · 03:47:22 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降24 October 1925 · 06:31:02 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬8 November 1925 · 06:26:13 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪23 November 1925 · 03:35:24 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪7 December 1925 · 22:52:17 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 1925 · 16:36:35 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 1926 · 09:54:17 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒21 January 1926 · 03:12:25 UTC+8
- Beginning of Spring立春4 February 1926 · 21:38:16 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1925 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 24 January 1925lunar 1/1
- 7 February 1925lunar 1/15
- 25 June 1925lunar 5/5
- 25 August 1925lunar 7/7
- 2 September 1925lunar 7/15
- 2 October 1925lunar 8/15
- 26 October 1925lunar 9/9
- 21 January 1926lunar 12/8
- 12 February 1926lunar 12/30
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1925
Each Gregorian month of 1925, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.