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1965 is the year of the Wood Snake in the Chinese calendar, from 2 February 1965 to 20 January 1966: 353 days, 12 lunar months. Born before 2 February 1965? That is still the Wood Dragon year.
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353 days · Year of the Wood Snake
Sexagenary year
Wood generates Fire: the year stem is Wood, while theSnake's fixed phase is Fire.
Length
353 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 Snake
Wood generates Fire in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Snake’s fixed element.
The animal repeats every 12 years, while the stem-and-branch pairing repeats every 60. The element in “Wood Snake” 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 1965
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 1965.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 2 February 1965 | 29 |
| Month 2 | 3 March 1965 | 30 |
| Month 3 | 2 April 1965 | 29 |
| Month 4 | 1 May 1965 | 30 |
| Month 5 | 31 May 1965 | 29 |
| Month 6 | 29 June 1965 | 29 |
| Month 7 | 28 July 1965 | 30 |
| Month 8 | 27 August 1965 | 29 |
| Month 9 | 25 September 1965 | 29 |
| Month 10 | 24 October 1965 | 30 |
| Month 11 | 23 November 1965 | 30 |
| Month 12 | 23 December 1965 | 29 |
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 1965 · 08:46:06 UTC+8
- Rain Water雨水19 February 1965 · 04:47:48 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 1965 · 03:00:38 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分21 March 1965 · 04:04:44 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 1965 · 08:06:43 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨20 April 1965 · 15:26:03 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏6 May 1965 · 01:41:32 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满21 May 1965 · 14:50:13 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种6 June 1965 · 06:02:06 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至21 June 1965 · 22:55:40 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑7 July 1965 · 16:21:22 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑23 July 1965 · 09:48:09 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋8 August 1965 · 02:04:36 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑23 August 1965 · 16:42:40 UTC+8
- White Dew白露8 September 1965 · 04:47:50 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分23 September 1965 · 14:05:57 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露8 October 1965 · 20:11:07 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降23 October 1965 · 23:09:55 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬7 November 1965 · 23:06:32 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪22 November 1965 · 20:29:08 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪7 December 1965 · 15:45:32 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 1965 · 09:40:23 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 1966 · 02:54:20 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒20 January 1966 · 20:19:39 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1965 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 2 February 1965lunar 1/1
- 16 February 1965lunar 1/15
- 4 June 1965lunar 5/5
- 3 August 1965lunar 7/7
- 11 August 1965lunar 7/15
- 10 September 1965lunar 8/15
- 3 October 1965lunar 9/9
- 30 December 1965lunar 12/8
- 20 January 1966lunar 12/29
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1965
Each Gregorian month of 1965, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.