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1963 is the year of the Water Rabbit in the Chinese calendar, from 25 January 1963 to 12 February 1964: 384 days, 13 lunar months, including leap month 4. Born before 25 January 1963? That is still the Water Tiger year.
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384 days · Year of the Water Rabbit
Sexagenary year
Water generates Wood: the year stem is Water, while theRabbit's fixed phase is Wood.
Length
384 days
Across 13 lunar months.
Leap month
Month 4
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 Water Rabbit
Water generates Wood in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Rabbit’s fixed element.
The animal repeats every 12 years, while the stem-and-branch pairing repeats every 60. The element in “Water Rabbit” 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 1963
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 1963.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 25 January 1963 | 30 |
| Month 2 | 24 February 1963 | 29 |
| Month 3 | 25 March 1963 | 30 |
| Month 4 | 24 April 1963 | 29 |
| Leap month 4 | 23 May 1963 | 29 |
| Month 5 | 21 June 1963 | 30 |
| Month 6 | 21 July 1963 | 29 |
| Month 7 | 19 August 1963 | 30 |
| Month 8 | 18 September 1963 | 29 |
| Month 9 | 17 October 1963 | 30 |
| Month 10 | 16 November 1963 | 30 |
| Month 11 | 16 December 1963 | 30 |
| Month 12 | 15 January 1964 | 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 1963 · 21:07:44 UTC+8
- Rain Water雨水19 February 1963 · 17:08:34 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 1963 · 15:17:09 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分21 March 1963 · 16:19:39 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 1963 · 20:18:39 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨21 April 1963 · 03:36:07 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏6 May 1963 · 13:51:57 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满22 May 1963 · 02:58:07 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种6 June 1963 · 18:14:26 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至22 June 1963 · 11:04:00 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑8 July 1963 · 04:37:37 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑23 July 1963 · 21:59:11 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋8 August 1963 · 14:25:24 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑24 August 1963 · 04:57:29 UTC+8
- White Dew白露8 September 1963 · 17:11:50 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分24 September 1963 · 02:23:27 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露9 October 1963 · 08:36:14 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降24 October 1963 · 11:28:48 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬8 November 1963 · 11:32:19 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪23 November 1963 · 08:49:20 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪8 December 1963 · 04:12:36 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 1963 · 22:01:52 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 1964 · 15:22:20 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒21 January 1964 · 08:41:03 UTC+8
- Beginning of Spring立春5 February 1964 · 03:04:55 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1963 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 25 January 1963lunar 1/1
- 8 February 1963lunar 1/15
- 25 June 1963lunar 5/5
- 25 August 1963lunar 7/7
- 2 September 1963lunar 7/15
- 2 October 1963lunar 8/15
- 25 October 1963lunar 9/9
- 22 January 1964lunar 12/8
- 12 February 1964lunar 12/29
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1963
Each Gregorian month of 1963, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.