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1931 is the year of the Metal Goat in the Chinese calendar, from 17 February 1931 to 5 February 1932: 354 days, 12 lunar months. Born before 17 February 1931? That is still the Metal Horse year.
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354 days · Year of the Metal Goat
Sexagenary year
Earth generates Metal: the year stem is Metal, while theGoat's fixed phase is Earth.
Length
354 days
Across 12 lunar months.
Leap month
None
The year runs its ordinary twelve months.
Beginning of Spring
Once
立春 falls once, as it usually does.
Year name explained
Why Metal Goat
Earth generates Metal in the Five Phases, so the Goat’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 “Metal Goat” 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 1931
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 1931.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 17 February 1931 | 30 |
| Month 2 | 19 March 1931 | 30 |
| Month 3 | 18 April 1931 | 29 |
| Month 4 | 17 May 1931 | 30 |
| Month 5 | 16 June 1931 | 29 |
| Month 6 | 15 July 1931 | 30 |
| Month 7 | 14 August 1931 | 29 |
| Month 8 | 12 September 1931 | 29 |
| Month 9 | 11 October 1931 | 30 |
| Month 10 | 10 November 1931 | 29 |
| Month 11 | 9 December 1931 | 30 |
| Month 12 | 8 January 1932 | 29 |
The solar year within it
24 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 1931 · 22:40:14 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 1931 · 21:02:06 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分21 March 1931 · 22:06:14 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明6 April 1931 · 02:20:26 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨21 April 1931 · 09:39:45 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏6 May 1931 · 20:09:35 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满22 May 1931 · 09:15:21 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种7 June 1931 · 00:41:45 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至22 June 1931 · 17:28:00 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑8 July 1931 · 11:05:34 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑24 July 1931 · 04:21:20 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋8 August 1931 · 20:44:52 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑24 August 1931 · 11:10:13 UTC+8
- White Dew白露8 September 1931 · 23:17:15 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分24 September 1931 · 08:23:15 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露9 October 1931 · 14:26:51 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降24 October 1931 · 17:15:26 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬8 November 1931 · 17:09:51 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪23 November 1931 · 14:24:38 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪8 December 1931 · 09:40:15 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至23 December 1931 · 03:29:31 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 1932 · 20:45:03 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒21 January 1932 · 14:06:45 UTC+8
- Beginning of Spring立春5 February 1932 · 08:29:20 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1931 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 17 February 1931lunar 1/1
- 3 March 1931lunar 1/15
- 20 June 1931lunar 5/5
- 20 August 1931lunar 7/7
- 28 August 1931lunar 7/15
- 26 September 1931lunar 8/15
- 19 October 1931lunar 9/9
- 15 January 1932lunar 12/8
- 5 February 1932lunar 12/29
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1931
Each Gregorian month of 1931, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.