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1936 is the year of the Fire Rat in the Chinese calendar, from 24 January 1936 to 10 February 1937: 384 days, 13 lunar months, including leap month 3. Born before 24 January 1936? That is still the Wood Pig year.
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384 days · Year of the Fire Rat
Sexagenary year
Water controls Fire: the year stem is Fire, while theRat's fixed phase is Water.
Length
384 days
Across 13 lunar months.
Leap month
Month 3
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 Fire Rat
Water restrains Fire in the Five Phases, so the Rat’s fixed element is understood as moderating the year element.
The animal repeats every 12 years, while the stem-and-branch pairing repeats every 60. The element in “Fire Rat” 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 1936
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 1936.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 24 January 1936 | 30 |
| Month 2 | 23 February 1936 | 29 |
| Month 3 | 23 March 1936 | 29 |
| Leap month 3 | 21 April 1936 | 30 |
| Month 4 | 21 May 1936 | 29 |
| Month 5 | 19 June 1936 | 29 |
| Month 6 | 18 July 1936 | 30 |
| Month 7 | 17 August 1936 | 30 |
| Month 8 | 16 September 1936 | 29 |
| Month 9 | 15 October 1936 | 30 |
| Month 10 | 14 November 1936 | 30 |
| Month 11 | 14 December 1936 | 30 |
| Month 12 | 13 January 1937 | 29 |
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 1936 · 07:29:16 UTC+8
- Rain Water雨水20 February 1936 · 03:33:00 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 1936 · 01:49:06 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分21 March 1936 · 02:57:48 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 1936 · 07:06:44 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨20 April 1936 · 14:31:04 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏6 May 1936 · 00:56:30 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满21 May 1936 · 14:07:24 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种6 June 1936 · 05:30:40 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至21 June 1936 · 22:21:34 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑7 July 1936 · 15:58:18 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑23 July 1936 · 09:17:50 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋8 August 1936 · 01:43:10 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑23 August 1936 · 16:10:28 UTC+8
- White Dew白露8 September 1936 · 04:20:35 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分23 September 1936 · 13:25:54 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露8 October 1936 · 19:32:25 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降23 October 1936 · 22:18:02 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬7 November 1936 · 22:14:38 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪22 November 1936 · 19:25:00 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪7 December 1936 · 14:42:13 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 1936 · 08:26:37 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 1937 · 01:43:44 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒20 January 1937 · 19:00:57 UTC+8
- Beginning of Spring立春4 February 1937 · 13:25:33 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1936 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 1936lunar 1/1
- 7 February 1936lunar 1/15
- 23 June 1936lunar 5/5
- 23 August 1936lunar 7/7
- 31 August 1936lunar 7/15
- 30 September 1936lunar 8/15
- 23 October 1936lunar 9/9
- 20 January 1937lunar 12/8
- 10 February 1937lunar 12/29
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1936
Each Gregorian month of 1936, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.