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1974 is the year of the Wood Tiger in the Chinese calendar, from 23 January 1974 to 10 February 1975: 384 days, 13 lunar months, including leap month 4. Born before 23 January 1974? That is still the Water Ox year.
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384 days · Year of the Wood Tiger
Sexagenary year
Wood reinforces Wood: the year stem is Wood, while theTiger'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 Wood Tiger
Wood is both the year element and the Tiger’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Wood.
The animal repeats every 12 years, while the stem-and-branch pairing repeats every 60. The element in “Wood Tiger” 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 1974
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 1974.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 23 January 1974 | 30 |
| Month 2 | 22 February 1974 | 30 |
| Month 3 | 24 March 1974 | 29 |
| Month 4 | 22 April 1974 | 30 |
| Leap month 4 | 22 May 1974 | 29 |
| Month 5 | 20 June 1974 | 29 |
| Month 6 | 19 July 1974 | 30 |
| Month 7 | 18 August 1974 | 29 |
| Month 8 | 16 September 1974 | 29 |
| Month 9 | 15 October 1974 | 30 |
| Month 10 | 14 November 1974 | 30 |
| Month 11 | 14 December 1974 | 29 |
| Month 12 | 12 January 1975 | 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4 February 1974 · 13:00:05 UTC+8
- Rain Water雨水19 February 1974 · 08:58:41 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 1974 · 07:07:06 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分21 March 1974 · 08:06:38 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 1974 · 12:05:00 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨20 April 1974 · 19:18:51 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏6 May 1974 · 05:33:52 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满21 May 1974 · 18:36:02 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种6 June 1974 · 09:51:39 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至22 June 1974 · 02:37:36 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑7 July 1974 · 20:11:06 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑23 July 1974 · 13:30:10 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋8 August 1974 · 05:57:10 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑23 August 1974 · 20:28:40 UTC+8
- White Dew白露8 September 1974 · 08:45:04 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分23 September 1974 · 17:58:26 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露9 October 1974 · 00:14:39 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降24 October 1974 · 03:10:36 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬8 November 1974 · 03:17:58 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪23 November 1974 · 00:38:27 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪7 December 1974 · 20:04:37 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 1974 · 13:55:56 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 1975 · 07:17:30 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒21 January 1975 · 00:36:14 UTC+8
- Beginning of Spring立春4 February 1975 · 18:59:12 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1974 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 23 January 1974lunar 1/1
- 6 February 1974lunar 1/15
- 24 June 1974lunar 5/5
- 24 August 1974lunar 7/7
- 1 September 1974lunar 7/15
- 30 September 1974lunar 8/15
- 23 October 1974lunar 9/9
- 19 January 1975lunar 12/8
- 10 February 1975lunar 12/30
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1974
Each Gregorian month of 1974, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.