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1962 is the year of the Water Tiger in the Chinese calendar, from 5 February 1962 to 24 January 1963: 354 days, 12 lunar months. Born before 5 February 1962? That is still the Metal Ox year.
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354 days · Year of the Water Tiger
Sexagenary year
Water generates Wood: the year stem is Water, 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
Not within this year
立春 does not fall inside it — a springless year, 无春年.
Year name explained
Why Water Tiger
Water generates Wood in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Tiger’s fixed element.
The animal repeats every 12 years, while the stem-and-branch pairing repeats every 60. The element in “Water 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 1962
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 1962.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 5 February 1962 | 29 |
| Month 2 | 6 March 1962 | 30 |
| Month 3 | 5 April 1962 | 29 |
| Month 4 | 4 May 1962 | 29 |
| Month 5 | 2 June 1962 | 30 |
| Month 6 | 2 July 1962 | 29 |
| Month 7 | 31 July 1962 | 30 |
| Month 8 | 30 August 1962 | 30 |
| Month 9 | 29 September 1962 | 29 |
| Month 10 | 28 October 1962 | 30 |
| Month 11 | 27 November 1962 | 30 |
| Month 12 | 27 December 1962 | 29 |
The solar year within it
23 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 1962 · 11:14:34 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 1962 · 09:29:29 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分21 March 1962 · 10:29:31 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 1962 · 14:34:14 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨20 April 1962 · 21:50:40 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏6 May 1962 · 08:09:28 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满21 May 1962 · 21:16:30 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种6 June 1962 · 12:31:15 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至22 June 1962 · 05:24:05 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑7 July 1962 · 22:51:05 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑23 July 1962 · 16:17:56 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋8 August 1962 · 08:33:40 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑23 August 1962 · 23:12:27 UTC+8
- White Dew白露8 September 1962 · 11:15:20 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分23 September 1962 · 20:35:11 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露9 October 1962 · 02:37:53 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降24 October 1962 · 05:39:59 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬8 November 1962 · 05:34:54 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪23 November 1962 · 03:01:50 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪7 December 1962 · 22:16:39 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 1962 · 16:15:14 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 1963 · 09:26:26 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒21 January 1963 · 02:53:51 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1962 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 5 February 1962lunar 1/1
- 19 February 1962lunar 1/15
- 6 June 1962lunar 5/5
- 6 August 1962lunar 7/7
- 14 August 1962lunar 7/15
- 13 September 1962lunar 8/15
- 7 October 1962lunar 9/9
- 3 January 1963lunar 12/8
- 24 January 1963lunar 12/29
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1962
Each Gregorian month of 1962, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.