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1944 is the year of the Wood Monkey in the Chinese calendar, from 25 January 1944 to 12 February 1945: 385 days, 13 lunar months, including leap month 4. Born before 25 January 1944? That is still the Water Goat year.
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385 days · Year of the Wood Monkey
Sexagenary year
Metal controls Wood: the year stem is Wood, while theMonkey's fixed phase is Metal.
Length
385 days
Across 13 lunar months.
Leap month
Month 4
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 Wood Monkey
Metal restrains Wood in the Five Phases, so the Monkey’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 “Wood Monkey” 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 1944
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 1944.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 25 January 1944 | 30 |
| Month 2 | 24 February 1944 | 29 |
| Month 3 | 24 March 1944 | 30 |
| Month 4 | 23 April 1944 | 29 |
| Leap month 4 | 22 May 1944 | 30 |
| Month 5 | 21 June 1944 | 29 |
| Month 6 | 20 July 1944 | 30 |
| Month 7 | 19 August 1944 | 29 |
| Month 8 | 17 September 1944 | 30 |
| Month 9 | 17 October 1944 | 30 |
| Month 10 | 16 November 1944 | 29 |
| Month 11 | 15 December 1944 | 30 |
| Month 12 | 14 January 1945 | 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5 February 1944 · 06:22:55 UTC+8
- Rain Water雨水20 February 1944 · 02:27:05 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 1944 · 00:40:26 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分21 March 1944 · 01:48:32 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 1944 · 05:53:58 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨20 April 1944 · 13:17:45 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏5 May 1944 · 23:39:43 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满21 May 1944 · 12:50:46 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种6 June 1944 · 04:10:53 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至21 June 1944 · 21:02:14 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑7 July 1944 · 14:36:02 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑23 July 1944 · 07:55:49 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋8 August 1944 · 00:18:51 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑23 August 1944 · 14:46:26 UTC+8
- White Dew白露8 September 1944 · 02:55:32 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分23 September 1944 · 12:01:35 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露8 October 1944 · 18:08:43 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降23 October 1944 · 20:55:56 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬7 November 1944 · 20:54:39 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪22 November 1944 · 18:07:30 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪7 December 1944 · 13:27:38 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 1944 · 07:14:45 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 1945 · 00:34:26 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒20 January 1945 · 17:53:36 UTC+8
- Beginning of Spring立春4 February 1945 · 12:19:22 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1944 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 25 January 1944lunar 1/1
- 8 February 1944lunar 1/15
- 25 June 1944lunar 5/5
- 25 August 1944lunar 7/7
- 2 September 1944lunar 7/15
- 1 October 1944lunar 8/15
- 25 October 1944lunar 9/9
- 21 January 1945lunar 12/8
- 12 February 1945lunar 12/30
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1944
Each Gregorian month of 1944, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.