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1949 is the year of the Earth Ox in the Chinese calendar, from 29 January 1949 to 16 February 1950: 384 days, 13 lunar months, including leap month 7. Born before 29 January 1949? That is still the Earth Rat year.
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384 days · Year of the Earth Ox
Sexagenary year
Earth reinforces Earth: the year stem is Earth, while theOx's fixed phase is Earth.
Length
384 days
Across 13 lunar months.
Leap month
Month 7
29 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 Ox
Earth is both the year element and the Ox’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Earth.
The animal repeats every 12 years, while the stem-and-branch pairing repeats every 60. The element in “Earth Ox” 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 1949
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 1949.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 29 January 1949 | 30 |
| Month 2 | 28 February 1949 | 29 |
| Month 3 | 29 March 1949 | 30 |
| Month 4 | 28 April 1949 | 30 |
| Month 5 | 28 May 1949 | 29 |
| Month 6 | 26 June 1949 | 30 |
| Month 7 | 26 July 1949 | 29 |
| Leap month 7 | 24 August 1949 | 29 |
| Month 8 | 22 September 1949 | 30 |
| Month 9 | 22 October 1949 | 29 |
| Month 10 | 20 November 1949 | 30 |
| Month 11 | 20 December 1949 | 29 |
| Month 12 | 18 January 1950 | 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 1949 · 11:22:49 UTC+8
- Rain Water雨水19 February 1949 · 07:27:03 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 1949 · 05:39:16 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分21 March 1949 · 06:48:01 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 1949 · 10:51:56 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨20 April 1949 · 18:17:15 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏6 May 1949 · 04:36:34 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满21 May 1949 · 17:50:38 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种6 June 1949 · 09:06:49 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至22 June 1949 · 02:02:43 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑7 July 1949 · 19:31:35 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑23 July 1949 · 12:56:39 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋8 August 1949 · 05:14:56 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑23 August 1949 · 19:48:11 UTC+8
- White Dew白露8 September 1949 · 07:54:09 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分23 September 1949 · 17:05:48 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露8 October 1949 · 23:11:02 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降24 October 1949 · 02:02:57 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬8 November 1949 · 01:59:46 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪22 November 1949 · 23:16:02 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪7 December 1949 · 18:33:24 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 1949 · 12:22:51 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 1950 · 05:38:43 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒20 January 1950 · 22:59:35 UTC+8
- Beginning of Spring立春4 February 1950 · 17:20:46 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1949 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 29 January 1949lunar 1/1
- 12 February 1949lunar 1/15
- 1 June 1949lunar 5/5
- 1 August 1949lunar 7/7
- 9 August 1949lunar 7/15
- 6 October 1949lunar 8/15
- 30 October 1949lunar 9/9
- 25 January 1950lunar 12/8
- 16 February 1950lunar 12/30
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1949
Each Gregorian month of 1949, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.