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1968 is the year of the Earth Monkey in the Chinese calendar, from 30 January 1968 to 16 February 1969: 384 days, 13 lunar months, including leap month 7. Born before 30 January 1968? That is still the Fire Goat year.
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384 days · Year of the Earth Monkey
Sexagenary year
Earth generates Metal: the year stem is Earth, while theMonkey's fixed phase is Metal.
Length
384 days
Across 13 lunar months.
Leap month
Month 7
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 Earth Monkey
Earth generates Metal in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Monkey’s fixed element.
The animal repeats every 12 years, while the stem-and-branch pairing repeats every 60. The element in “Earth Monkey” 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 1968
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 1968.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 30 January 1968 | 29 |
| Month 2 | 28 February 1968 | 30 |
| Month 3 | 29 March 1968 | 29 |
| Month 4 | 27 April 1968 | 30 |
| Month 5 | 27 May 1968 | 30 |
| Month 6 | 26 June 1968 | 29 |
| Month 7 | 25 July 1968 | 30 |
| Leap month 7 | 24 August 1968 | 29 |
| Month 8 | 22 September 1968 | 30 |
| Month 9 | 22 October 1968 | 29 |
| Month 10 | 20 November 1968 | 30 |
| Month 11 | 20 December 1968 | 29 |
| Month 12 | 18 January 1969 | 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5 February 1968 · 02:07:23 UTC+8
- Rain Water雨水19 February 1968 · 22:09:13 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰5 March 1968 · 20:17:45 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分20 March 1968 · 21:22:01 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 1968 · 01:20:53 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨20 April 1968 · 08:41:07 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏5 May 1968 · 18:55:47 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满21 May 1968 · 08:05:50 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种5 June 1968 · 23:19:05 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至21 June 1968 · 16:13:16 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑7 July 1968 · 09:41:37 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑23 July 1968 · 03:07:23 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋7 August 1968 · 19:27:11 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑23 August 1968 · 10:02:51 UTC+8
- White Dew白露7 September 1968 · 22:11:24 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分23 September 1968 · 07:26:10 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露8 October 1968 · 13:34:23 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降23 October 1968 · 16:29:34 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬7 November 1968 · 16:29:17 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪22 November 1968 · 13:48:31 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪7 December 1968 · 09:08:15 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 1968 · 02:59:45 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒5 January 1969 · 20:16:48 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒20 January 1969 · 13:38:10 UTC+8
- Beginning of Spring立春4 February 1969 · 07:58:52 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1968 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 30 January 1968lunar 1/1
- 13 February 1968lunar 1/15
- 31 May 1968lunar 5/5
- 31 July 1968lunar 7/7
- 8 August 1968lunar 7/15
- 6 October 1968lunar 8/15
- 30 October 1968lunar 9/9
- 25 January 1969lunar 12/8
- 16 February 1969lunar 12/30
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1968
Each Gregorian month of 1968, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.