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1934 is the year of the Wood Dog in the Chinese calendar, from 14 February 1934 to 3 February 1935: 355 days, 12 lunar months. Born before 14 February 1934? That is still the Water Rooster year.
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355 days · Year of the Wood Dog
Sexagenary year
Wood controls Earth: the year stem is Wood, while theDog's fixed phase is Earth.
Length
355 days
Across 12 lunar months.
Leap month
None
The year runs its ordinary twelve months.
Beginning of Spring
Not within this year
立春 does not fall inside it — a springless year, 无春年.
Year name explained
Why Wood Dog
Wood restrains Earth in the Five Phases, so the year element is understood as moderating the Dog’s fixed element.
The animal repeats every 12 years, while the stem-and-branch pairing repeats every 60. The element in “Wood Dog” 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 1934
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 1934.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 14 February 1934 | 29 |
| Month 2 | 15 March 1934 | 30 |
| Month 3 | 14 April 1934 | 29 |
| Month 4 | 13 May 1934 | 30 |
| Month 5 | 12 June 1934 | 30 |
| Month 6 | 12 July 1934 | 29 |
| Month 7 | 10 August 1934 | 30 |
| Month 8 | 9 September 1934 | 29 |
| Month 9 | 8 October 1934 | 30 |
| Month 10 | 7 November 1934 | 30 |
| Month 11 | 7 December 1934 | 29 |
| Month 12 | 5 January 1935 | 30 |
The solar year within it
23 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 1934 · 16:01:37 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 1934 · 14:26:20 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分21 March 1934 · 15:27:53 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 1934 · 19:43:39 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨21 April 1934 · 03:00:07 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏6 May 1934 · 13:30:44 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满22 May 1934 · 02:34:51 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种6 June 1934 · 18:01:21 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至22 June 1934 · 10:47:51 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑8 July 1934 · 04:24:25 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑23 July 1934 · 21:42:07 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋8 August 1934 · 14:03:38 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑24 August 1934 · 04:32:00 UTC+8
- White Dew白露8 September 1934 · 16:36:08 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分24 September 1934 · 01:45:08 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露9 October 1934 · 07:44:59 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降24 October 1934 · 10:36:15 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬8 November 1934 · 10:26:41 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪23 November 1934 · 07:44:20 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪8 December 1934 · 02:56:31 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 1934 · 20:49:22 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 1935 · 14:02:19 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒21 January 1935 · 07:28:17 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1934 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 14 February 1934lunar 1/1
- 28 February 1934lunar 1/15
- 16 June 1934lunar 5/5
- 16 August 1934lunar 7/7
- 24 August 1934lunar 7/15
- 23 September 1934lunar 8/15
- 16 October 1934lunar 9/9
- 12 January 1935lunar 12/8
- 3 February 1935lunar 12/30
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1934
Each Gregorian month of 1934, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.