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1975 is the year of the Wood Rabbit in the Chinese calendar, from 11 February 1975 to 30 January 1976: 354 days, 12 lunar months. Born before 11 February 1975? That is still the Wood Tiger year.
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354 days · Year of the Wood Rabbit
Sexagenary year
Wood reinforces Wood: the year stem is Wood, while theRabbit'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 Wood Rabbit
Wood is both the year element and the Rabbit’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 Rabbit” 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 1975
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 1975.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 11 February 1975 | 30 |
| Month 2 | 13 March 1975 | 30 |
| Month 3 | 12 April 1975 | 29 |
| Month 4 | 11 May 1975 | 30 |
| Month 5 | 10 June 1975 | 29 |
| Month 6 | 9 July 1975 | 29 |
| Month 7 | 7 August 1975 | 30 |
| Month 8 | 6 September 1975 | 29 |
| Month 9 | 5 October 1975 | 29 |
| Month 10 | 3 November 1975 | 30 |
| Month 11 | 3 December 1975 | 29 |
| Month 12 | 1 January 1976 | 30 |
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 1975 · 14:49:41 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 1975 · 13:05:47 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分21 March 1975 · 13:56:39 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 1975 · 18:01:30 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨21 April 1975 · 01:07:12 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏6 May 1975 · 11:27:11 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满22 May 1975 · 00:23:40 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种6 June 1975 · 15:42:01 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至22 June 1975 · 08:26:25 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑8 July 1975 · 01:59:24 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑23 July 1975 · 19:21:44 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋8 August 1975 · 11:44:53 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑24 August 1975 · 02:23:37 UTC+8
- White Dew白露8 September 1975 · 14:33:17 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分23 September 1975 · 23:55:12 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露9 October 1975 · 06:02:04 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降24 October 1975 · 09:06:01 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬8 November 1975 · 09:02:36 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪23 November 1975 · 06:30:42 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪8 December 1975 · 01:46:09 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 1975 · 19:45:33 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 1976 · 12:57:22 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒21 January 1976 · 06:25:06 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1975 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 11 February 1975lunar 1/1
- 25 February 1975lunar 1/15
- 14 June 1975lunar 5/5
- 13 August 1975lunar 7/7
- 21 August 1975lunar 7/15
- 20 September 1975lunar 8/15
- 13 October 1975lunar 9/9
- 8 January 1976lunar 12/8
- 30 January 1976lunar 12/30
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1975
Each Gregorian month of 1975, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.