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1933 is the year of the Water Rooster in the Chinese calendar, from 26 January 1933 to 13 February 1934: 384 days, 13 lunar months, including leap month 5. Born before 26 January 1933? That is still the Water Monkey year.
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384 days · Year of the Water Rooster
Sexagenary year
Metal generates Water: the year stem is Water, while theRooster's fixed phase is Metal.
Length
384 days
Across 13 lunar months.
Leap month
Month 5
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 Water Rooster
Metal generates Water in the Five Phases, so the Rooster’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 “Water Rooster” 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 1933
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 1933.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 26 January 1933 | 29 |
| Month 2 | 24 February 1933 | 30 |
| Month 3 | 26 March 1933 | 30 |
| Month 4 | 25 April 1933 | 29 |
| Month 5 | 24 May 1933 | 30 |
| Leap month 5 | 23 June 1933 | 30 |
| Month 6 | 23 July 1933 | 29 |
| Month 7 | 21 August 1933 | 30 |
| Month 8 | 20 September 1933 | 29 |
| Month 9 | 19 October 1933 | 30 |
| Month 10 | 18 November 1933 | 29 |
| Month 11 | 17 December 1933 | 29 |
| Month 12 | 15 January 1934 | 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 1933 · 14:09:16 UTC+8
- Rain Water雨水19 February 1933 · 10:16:15 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 1933 · 08:31:24 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分21 March 1933 · 09:43:03 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 1933 · 13:50:29 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨20 April 1933 · 21:18:14 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏6 May 1933 · 07:41:45 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满21 May 1933 · 20:56:45 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种6 June 1933 · 12:17:19 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至22 June 1933 · 05:11:45 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑7 July 1933 · 22:44:17 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑23 July 1933 · 16:05:22 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋8 August 1933 · 08:25:30 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑23 August 1933 · 22:52:19 UTC+8
- White Dew白露8 September 1933 · 10:57:26 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分23 September 1933 · 20:01:06 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露9 October 1933 · 02:03:53 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降24 October 1933 · 04:48:03 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬8 November 1933 · 04:42:58 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪23 November 1933 · 01:53:24 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪7 December 1933 · 21:11:05 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 1933 · 14:57:26 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 1934 · 08:16:27 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒21 January 1934 · 01:36:51 UTC+8
- Beginning of Spring立春4 February 1934 · 20:03:37 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1933 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 26 January 1933lunar 1/1
- 9 February 1933lunar 1/15
- 28 May 1933lunar 5/5
- 27 August 1933lunar 7/7
- 4 September 1933lunar 7/15
- 4 October 1933lunar 8/15
- 27 October 1933lunar 9/9
- 22 January 1934lunar 12/8
- 13 February 1934lunar 12/30
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1933
Each Gregorian month of 1933, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.