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1945 is the year of the Wood Rooster in the Chinese calendar, from 13 February 1945 to 1 February 1946: 354 days, 12 lunar months. Born before 13 February 1945? That is still the Wood Monkey year.
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354 days · Year of the Wood Rooster
Sexagenary year
Metal controls Wood: the year stem is Wood, while theRooster's fixed phase is Metal.
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 Wood Rooster
Metal restrains Wood in the Five Phases, so the Rooster’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 Rooster” 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 1945
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 1945.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 13 February 1945 | 29 |
| Month 2 | 14 March 1945 | 29 |
| Month 3 | 12 April 1945 | 30 |
| Month 4 | 12 May 1945 | 29 |
| Month 5 | 10 June 1945 | 29 |
| Month 6 | 9 July 1945 | 30 |
| Month 7 | 8 August 1945 | 29 |
| Month 8 | 6 September 1945 | 30 |
| Month 9 | 6 October 1945 | 30 |
| Month 10 | 5 November 1945 | 30 |
| Month 11 | 5 December 1945 | 29 |
| Month 12 | 3 January 1946 | 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 1945 · 08:14:51 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 1945 · 06:37:59 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分21 March 1945 · 07:37:10 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 1945 · 11:51:46 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨20 April 1945 · 19:06:51 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏6 May 1945 · 05:36:35 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满21 May 1945 · 18:40:12 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种6 June 1945 · 10:05:24 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至22 June 1945 · 02:52:00 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑7 July 1945 · 20:26:46 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑23 July 1945 · 13:45:23 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋8 August 1945 · 06:05:03 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑23 August 1945 · 20:35:16 UTC+8
- White Dew白露8 September 1945 · 08:38:07 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分23 September 1945 · 17:49:44 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露8 October 1945 · 23:49:07 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降24 October 1945 · 02:43:34 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬8 November 1945 · 02:34:11 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪22 November 1945 · 23:55:11 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪7 December 1945 · 19:07:39 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 1945 · 13:03:32 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 1946 · 06:16:19 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒20 January 1946 · 23:44:35 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1945 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 13 February 1945lunar 1/1
- 27 February 1945lunar 1/15
- 14 June 1945lunar 5/5
- 14 August 1945lunar 7/7
- 22 August 1945lunar 7/15
- 20 September 1945lunar 8/15
- 14 October 1945lunar 9/9
- 10 January 1946lunar 12/8
- 1 February 1946lunar 12/30
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1945
Each Gregorian month of 1945, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.