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1938 is the year of the Earth Tiger in the Chinese calendar, from 31 January 1938 to 18 February 1939: 384 days, 13 lunar months, including leap month 7. Born before 31 January 1938? That is still the Fire Ox year.
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384 days · Year of the Earth Tiger
Sexagenary year
Wood controls Earth: the year stem is Earth, while theTiger's fixed phase is Wood.
Length
384 days
Across 13 lunar months.
Leap month
Month 7
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 Earth Tiger
Wood restrains Earth in the Five Phases, so the Tiger’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 “Earth Tiger” 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 1938
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 1938.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 31 January 1938 | 30 |
| Month 2 | 2 March 1938 | 30 |
| Month 3 | 1 April 1938 | 29 |
| Month 4 | 30 April 1938 | 29 |
| Month 5 | 29 May 1938 | 30 |
| Month 6 | 28 June 1938 | 29 |
| Month 7 | 27 July 1938 | 29 |
| Leap month 7 | 25 August 1938 | 30 |
| Month 8 | 24 September 1938 | 29 |
| Month 9 | 23 October 1938 | 30 |
| Month 10 | 22 November 1938 | 30 |
| Month 11 | 22 December 1938 | 29 |
| Month 12 | 20 January 1939 | 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 1938 · 19:14:58 UTC+8
- Rain Water雨水19 February 1938 · 15:19:33 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 1938 · 13:33:46 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分21 March 1938 · 14:43:02 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 1938 · 18:48:39 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨21 April 1938 · 02:14:41 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏6 May 1938 · 12:35:09 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满22 May 1938 · 01:50:08 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种6 June 1938 · 17:06:37 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至22 June 1938 · 10:03:32 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑8 July 1938 · 03:31:21 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑23 July 1938 · 20:57:02 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋8 August 1938 · 13:12:41 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑24 August 1938 · 03:45:46 UTC+8
- White Dew白露8 September 1938 · 15:48:08 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分24 September 1938 · 00:59:27 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露9 October 1938 · 07:01:24 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降24 October 1938 · 09:53:44 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬8 November 1938 · 09:48:19 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪23 November 1938 · 07:06:02 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪8 December 1938 · 02:21:58 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 1938 · 20:13:21 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 1939 · 13:27:51 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒21 January 1939 · 06:50:40 UTC+8
- Beginning of Spring立春5 February 1939 · 01:10:26 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1938 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 31 January 1938lunar 1/1
- 14 February 1938lunar 1/15
- 2 June 1938lunar 5/5
- 2 August 1938lunar 7/7
- 10 August 1938lunar 7/15
- 8 October 1938lunar 8/15
- 31 October 1938lunar 9/9
- 27 January 1939lunar 12/8
- 18 February 1939lunar 12/30
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1938
Each Gregorian month of 1938, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.