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1928 is the year of the Earth Dragon in the Chinese calendar, from 23 January 1928 to 9 February 1929: 384 days, 13 lunar months, including leap month 2. Born before 23 January 1928? That is still the Fire Rabbit year.
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384 days · Year of the Earth Dragon
Sexagenary year
Earth reinforces Earth: the year stem is Earth, while theDragon's fixed phase is Earth.
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 Earth Dragon
Earth is both the year element and the Dragon’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 Dragon” 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 1928
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 1928.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 23 January 1928 | 29 |
| Month 2 | 21 February 1928 | 30 |
| Leap month 2 | 22 March 1928 | 29 |
| Month 3 | 20 April 1928 | 29 |
| Month 4 | 19 May 1928 | 30 |
| Month 5 | 18 June 1928 | 29 |
| Month 6 | 17 July 1928 | 29 |
| Month 7 | 15 August 1928 | 30 |
| Month 8 | 14 September 1928 | 29 |
| Month 9 | 13 October 1928 | 30 |
| Month 10 | 12 November 1928 | 30 |
| Month 11 | 12 December 1928 | 30 |
| Month 12 | 11 January 1929 | 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 1928 · 09:16:22 UTC+8
- Rain Water雨水20 February 1928 · 05:19:12 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 1928 · 03:37:14 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分21 March 1928 · 04:44:11 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 1928 · 08:54:31 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨20 April 1928 · 16:16:40 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏6 May 1928 · 02:43:29 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满21 May 1928 · 15:52:19 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种6 June 1928 · 07:17:09 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至22 June 1928 · 00:06:23 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑7 July 1928 · 17:44:15 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑23 July 1928 · 11:02:13 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋8 August 1928 · 03:27:30 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑23 August 1928 · 17:53:05 UTC+8
- White Dew白露8 September 1928 · 06:01:45 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分23 September 1928 · 15:05:26 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露8 October 1928 · 21:09:51 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降23 October 1928 · 23:54:28 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬7 November 1928 · 23:49:30 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪22 November 1928 · 21:00:12 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪7 December 1928 · 16:17:16 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 1928 · 10:03:36 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 1929 · 03:22:01 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒20 January 1929 · 20:42:10 UTC+8
- Beginning of Spring立春4 February 1929 · 15:08:43 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1928 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 1928lunar 1/1
- 6 February 1928lunar 1/15
- 22 June 1928lunar 5/5
- 21 August 1928lunar 7/7
- 29 August 1928lunar 7/15
- 28 September 1928lunar 8/15
- 21 October 1928lunar 9/9
- 18 January 1929lunar 12/8
- 9 February 1929lunar 12/30
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1928
Each Gregorian month of 1928, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.