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1954 is the year of the Wood Horse in the Chinese calendar, from 3 February 1954 to 23 January 1955: 355 days, 12 lunar months. Born before 3 February 1954? That is still the Water Snake year.
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355 days · Year of the Wood Horse
Sexagenary year
Wood generates Fire: the year stem is Wood, while theHorse's fixed phase is Fire.
Length
355 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 Wood Horse
Wood generates Fire in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Horse’s fixed element.
The animal repeats every 12 years, while the stem-and-branch pairing repeats every 60. The element in “Wood Horse” 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 1954
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 1954.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 3 February 1954 | 30 |
| Month 2 | 5 March 1954 | 29 |
| Month 3 | 3 April 1954 | 30 |
| Month 4 | 3 May 1954 | 29 |
| Month 5 | 1 June 1954 | 29 |
| Month 6 | 30 June 1954 | 30 |
| Month 7 | 30 July 1954 | 29 |
| Month 8 | 28 August 1954 | 30 |
| Month 9 | 27 September 1954 | 30 |
| Month 10 | 27 October 1954 | 29 |
| Month 11 | 25 November 1954 | 30 |
| Month 12 | 25 December 1954 | 30 |
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.
- Beginning of Spring立春4 February 1954 · 16:30:41 UTC+8
- Rain Water雨水19 February 1954 · 12:32:18 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 1954 · 10:48:32 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分21 March 1954 · 11:53:23 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 1954 · 15:59:10 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨20 April 1954 · 23:19:32 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏6 May 1954 · 09:38:10 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满21 May 1954 · 22:47:22 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种6 June 1954 · 14:00:49 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至22 June 1954 · 06:54:00 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑8 July 1954 · 00:19:10 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑23 July 1954 · 17:44:54 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋8 August 1954 · 09:59:04 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑24 August 1954 · 00:35:52 UTC+8
- White Dew白露8 September 1954 · 12:37:51 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分23 September 1954 · 21:55:13 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露9 October 1954 · 03:57:18 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降24 October 1954 · 06:56:19 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬8 November 1954 · 06:50:34 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪23 November 1954 · 04:14:10 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪7 December 1954 · 23:28:29 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 1954 · 17:24:19 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 1955 · 10:35:52 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒21 January 1955 · 04:01:50 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1954 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 3 February 1954lunar 1/1
- 17 February 1954lunar 1/15
- 5 June 1954lunar 5/5
- 5 August 1954lunar 7/7
- 13 August 1954lunar 7/15
- 11 September 1954lunar 8/15
- 5 October 1954lunar 9/9
- 1 January 1955lunar 12/8
- 23 January 1955lunar 12/30
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1954
Each Gregorian month of 1954, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.