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1955 is the year of the Wood Goat in the Chinese calendar, from 24 January 1955 to 11 February 1956: 384 days, 13 lunar months, including leap month 3. Born before 24 January 1955? That is still the Wood Horse year.
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384 days · Year of the Wood Goat
Sexagenary year
Wood controls Earth: the year stem is Wood, while theGoat's fixed phase is Earth.
Length
384 days
Across 13 lunar months.
Leap month
Month 3
30 days in the repeated month.
Beginning of Spring
Twice
立春 falls twice — a double-spring year, 双春年.
Year name explained
Why Wood Goat
Wood restrains Earth in the Five Phases, so the year element is understood as moderating the Goat’s fixed element.
The animal repeats every 12 years, while the stem-and-branch pairing repeats every 60. The element in “Wood Goat” 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 1955
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 1955.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 24 January 1955 | 29 |
| Month 2 | 22 February 1955 | 30 |
| Month 3 | 24 March 1955 | 29 |
| Leap month 3 | 22 April 1955 | 30 |
| Month 4 | 22 May 1955 | 29 |
| Month 5 | 20 June 1955 | 29 |
| Month 6 | 19 July 1955 | 30 |
| Month 7 | 18 August 1955 | 29 |
| Month 8 | 16 September 1955 | 30 |
| Month 9 | 16 October 1955 | 29 |
| Month 10 | 14 November 1955 | 30 |
| Month 11 | 14 December 1955 | 30 |
| Month 12 | 13 January 1956 | 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 1955 · 22:17:36 UTC+8
- Rain Water雨水19 February 1955 · 18:18:45 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 1955 · 16:30:57 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分21 March 1955 · 17:35:04 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 1955 · 21:38:44 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨21 April 1955 · 04:57:50 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏6 May 1955 · 15:17:58 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满22 May 1955 · 04:24:19 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种6 June 1955 · 19:43:25 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至22 June 1955 · 12:31:19 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑8 July 1955 · 06:05:52 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑23 July 1955 · 23:24:30 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋8 August 1955 · 15:50:02 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑24 August 1955 · 06:18:53 UTC+8
- White Dew白露8 September 1955 · 18:31:46 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分24 September 1955 · 03:40:50 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露9 October 1955 · 09:52:08 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降24 October 1955 · 12:43:01 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬8 November 1955 · 12:45:09 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪23 November 1955 · 10:00:51 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪8 December 1955 · 05:22:46 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 1955 · 23:10:52 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 1956 · 16:30:17 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒21 January 1956 · 09:48:16 UTC+8
- Beginning of Spring立春5 February 1956 · 04:11:55 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1955 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 24 January 1955lunar 1/1
- 7 February 1955lunar 1/15
- 24 June 1955lunar 5/5
- 24 August 1955lunar 7/7
- 1 September 1955lunar 7/15
- 30 September 1955lunar 8/15
- 24 October 1955lunar 9/9
- 20 January 1956lunar 12/8
- 11 February 1956lunar 12/30
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1955
Each Gregorian month of 1955, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.