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1950 is the year of the Metal Tiger in the Chinese calendar, from 17 February 1950 to 5 February 1951: 354 days, 12 lunar months. Born before 17 February 1950? That is still the Earth Ox year.
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354 days · Year of the Metal Tiger
Sexagenary year
Metal controls Wood: the year stem is Metal, while theTiger's fixed phase is Wood.
Length
354 days
Across 12 lunar months.
Leap month
None
The year runs its ordinary twelve months.
Beginning of Spring
Once
立春 falls once, as it usually does.
Year name explained
Why Metal Tiger
Metal restrains Wood in the Five Phases, so the year element is understood as moderating the Tiger’s fixed element.
The animal repeats every 12 years, while the stem-and-branch pairing repeats every 60. The element in “Metal Tiger” 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 1950
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 1950.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 17 February 1950 | 29 |
| Month 2 | 18 March 1950 | 30 |
| Month 3 | 17 April 1950 | 30 |
| Month 4 | 17 May 1950 | 29 |
| Month 5 | 15 June 1950 | 30 |
| Month 6 | 15 July 1950 | 30 |
| Month 7 | 14 August 1950 | 29 |
| Month 8 | 12 September 1950 | 29 |
| Month 9 | 11 October 1950 | 30 |
| Month 10 | 10 November 1950 | 29 |
| Month 11 | 9 December 1950 | 30 |
| Month 12 | 8 January 1951 | 29 |
The solar year within it
24 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 1950 · 13:17:29 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 1950 · 11:35:26 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分21 March 1950 · 12:35:06 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 1950 · 16:44:27 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨20 April 1950 · 23:59:06 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏6 May 1950 · 10:24:41 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满21 May 1950 · 23:27:07 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种6 June 1950 · 14:51:00 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至22 June 1950 · 07:36:00 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑8 July 1950 · 01:13:17 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑23 July 1950 · 18:29:53 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋8 August 1950 · 10:55:11 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑24 August 1950 · 01:23:09 UTC+8
- White Dew白露8 September 1950 · 13:33:39 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分23 September 1950 · 22:43:32 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露9 October 1950 · 04:51:39 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降24 October 1950 · 07:44:43 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬8 November 1950 · 07:43:43 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪23 November 1950 · 05:02:29 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪8 December 1950 · 00:21:40 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 1950 · 18:13:18 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 1951 · 11:30:22 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒21 January 1951 · 04:52:02 UTC+8
- Beginning of Spring立春4 February 1951 · 23:13:26 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1950 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 17 February 1950lunar 1/1
- 3 March 1950lunar 1/15
- 19 June 1950lunar 5/5
- 20 August 1950lunar 7/7
- 28 August 1950lunar 7/15
- 26 September 1950lunar 8/15
- 19 October 1950lunar 9/9
- 15 January 1951lunar 12/8
- 5 February 1951lunar 12/29
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1950
Each Gregorian month of 1950, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.