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1948 is the year of the Earth Rat in the Chinese calendar, from 10 February 1948 to 28 January 1949: 354 days, 12 lunar months. Born before 10 February 1948? That is still the Fire Pig year.
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354 days · Year of the Earth Rat
Sexagenary year
Earth controls Water: the year stem is Earth, while theRat's fixed phase is Water.
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 Earth Rat
Earth restrains Water in the Five Phases, so the year element is understood as moderating the Rat’s fixed element.
The animal repeats every 12 years, while the stem-and-branch pairing repeats every 60. The element in “Earth Rat” 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 1948
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 1948.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 10 February 1948 | 30 |
| Month 2 | 11 March 1948 | 29 |
| Month 3 | 9 April 1948 | 30 |
| Month 4 | 9 May 1948 | 29 |
| Month 5 | 7 June 1948 | 30 |
| Month 6 | 7 July 1948 | 29 |
| Month 7 | 5 August 1948 | 29 |
| Month 8 | 3 September 1948 | 30 |
| Month 9 | 3 October 1948 | 29 |
| Month 10 | 1 November 1948 | 30 |
| Month 11 | 1 December 1948 | 29 |
| Month 12 | 30 December 1948 | 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20 February 1948 · 01:36:38 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰5 March 1948 · 23:57:53 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分21 March 1948 · 00:56:43 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 1948 · 05:09:20 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨20 April 1948 · 12:24:50 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏5 May 1948 · 22:52:13 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满21 May 1948 · 11:57:35 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种6 June 1948 · 03:20:19 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至21 June 1948 · 20:10:32 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑7 July 1948 · 13:43:28 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑23 July 1948 · 07:07:29 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋7 August 1948 · 23:26:17 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑23 August 1948 · 14:02:30 UTC+8
- White Dew白露8 September 1948 · 02:04:59 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分23 September 1948 · 11:21:39 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露8 October 1948 · 17:20:16 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降23 October 1948 · 20:17:57 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬7 November 1948 · 20:06:32 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪22 November 1948 · 17:28:47 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪7 December 1948 · 12:37:37 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 1948 · 06:33:13 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒5 January 1949 · 23:41:08 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒20 January 1949 · 17:08:32 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1948 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 10 February 1948lunar 1/1
- 24 February 1948lunar 1/15
- 11 June 1948lunar 5/5
- 11 August 1948lunar 7/7
- 19 August 1948lunar 7/15
- 17 September 1948lunar 8/15
- 11 October 1948lunar 9/9
- 6 January 1949lunar 12/8
- 28 January 1949lunar 12/30
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1948
Each Gregorian month of 1948, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.