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1937 is the year of the Fire Ox in the Chinese calendar, from 11 February 1937 to 30 January 1938: 354 days, 12 lunar months. Born before 11 February 1937? That is still the Fire Rat year.
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354 days · Year of the Fire Ox
Sexagenary year
Fire generates Earth: the year stem is Fire, while theOx'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
Not within this year
立春 does not fall inside it — a springless year, 无春年.
Year name explained
Why Fire Ox
Fire generates Earth in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Ox’s fixed element.
The animal repeats every 12 years, while the stem-and-branch pairing repeats every 60. The element in “Fire Ox” 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 1937
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 1937.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 11 February 1937 | 30 |
| Month 2 | 13 March 1937 | 29 |
| Month 3 | 11 April 1937 | 29 |
| Month 4 | 10 May 1937 | 30 |
| Month 5 | 9 June 1937 | 29 |
| Month 6 | 8 July 1937 | 29 |
| Month 7 | 6 August 1937 | 30 |
| Month 8 | 5 September 1937 | 29 |
| Month 9 | 4 October 1937 | 30 |
| Month 10 | 3 November 1937 | 30 |
| Month 11 | 3 December 1937 | 30 |
| Month 12 | 2 January 1938 | 29 |
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 1937 · 09:20:41 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 1937 · 07:44:24 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分21 March 1937 · 08:45:01 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 1937 · 13:01:22 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨20 April 1937 · 20:19:08 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏6 May 1937 · 06:50:35 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满21 May 1937 · 19:57:07 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种6 June 1937 · 11:22:48 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至22 June 1937 · 04:11:56 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑7 July 1937 · 21:45:55 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑23 July 1937 · 15:06:53 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋8 August 1937 · 07:25:20 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑23 August 1937 · 21:57:49 UTC+8
- White Dew白露8 September 1937 · 09:59:23 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分23 September 1937 · 19:12:54 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露9 October 1937 · 01:10:54 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降24 October 1937 · 04:06:30 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬8 November 1937 · 03:55:15 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪23 November 1937 · 01:16:27 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪7 December 1937 · 20:26:16 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 1937 · 14:21:36 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 1938 · 07:31:08 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒21 January 1938 · 00:58:42 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1937 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 11 February 1937lunar 1/1
- 25 February 1937lunar 1/15
- 13 June 1937lunar 5/5
- 12 August 1937lunar 7/7
- 20 August 1937lunar 7/15
- 19 September 1937lunar 8/15
- 12 October 1937lunar 9/9
- 9 January 1938lunar 12/8
- 30 January 1938lunar 12/29
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1937
Each Gregorian month of 1937, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.