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1957 is the year of the Fire Rooster in the Chinese calendar, from 31 January 1957 to 17 February 1958: 383 days, 13 lunar months, including leap month 8. Born before 31 January 1957? That is still the Fire Monkey year.
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383 days · Year of the Fire Rooster
Sexagenary year
Fire controls Metal: the year stem is Fire, while theRooster's fixed phase is Metal.
Length
383 days
Across 13 lunar months.
Leap month
Month 8
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 Fire Rooster
Fire restrains Metal in the Five Phases, so the year element is understood as moderating the Rooster’s fixed element.
The animal repeats every 12 years, while the stem-and-branch pairing repeats every 60. The element in “Fire Rooster” 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 1957
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 1957.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 31 January 1957 | 30 |
| Month 2 | 2 March 1957 | 29 |
| Month 3 | 31 March 1957 | 30 |
| Month 4 | 30 April 1957 | 29 |
| Month 5 | 29 May 1957 | 30 |
| Month 6 | 28 June 1957 | 29 |
| Month 7 | 27 July 1957 | 29 |
| Month 8 | 25 August 1957 | 30 |
| Leap month 8 | 24 September 1957 | 29 |
| Month 9 | 23 October 1957 | 30 |
| Month 10 | 22 November 1957 | 29 |
| Month 11 | 21 December 1957 | 30 |
| Month 12 | 20 January 1958 | 29 |
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 1957 · 09:54:37 UTC+8
- Rain Water雨水19 February 1957 · 05:57:58 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 1957 · 04:10:07 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分21 March 1957 · 05:16:27 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 1957 · 09:18:49 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨20 April 1957 · 16:41:12 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏6 May 1957 · 02:58:22 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满21 May 1957 · 16:10:23 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种6 June 1957 · 07:24:43 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至22 June 1957 · 00:20:28 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑7 July 1957 · 17:48:09 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑23 July 1957 · 11:14:48 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋8 August 1957 · 03:32:03 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑23 August 1957 · 18:07:31 UTC+8
- White Dew白露8 September 1957 · 06:12:11 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分23 September 1957 · 15:26:02 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露8 October 1957 · 21:29:58 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降24 October 1957 · 00:24:10 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬8 November 1957 · 00:20:01 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪22 November 1957 · 21:39:00 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪7 December 1957 · 16:55:56 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 1957 · 10:48:34 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 1958 · 04:04:20 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒20 January 1958 · 21:28:27 UTC+8
- Beginning of Spring立春4 February 1958 · 15:49:11 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1957 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 31 January 1957lunar 1/1
- 14 February 1957lunar 1/15
- 2 June 1957lunar 5/5
- 2 August 1957lunar 7/7
- 10 August 1957lunar 7/15
- 8 September 1957lunar 8/15
- 31 October 1957lunar 9/9
- 27 January 1958lunar 12/8
- 17 February 1958lunar 12/29
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1957
Each Gregorian month of 1957, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.