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1979 is the year of the Earth Goat in the Chinese calendar, from 28 January 1979 to 15 February 1980: 384 days, 13 lunar months, including leap month 6. Born before 28 January 1979? That is still the Earth Horse year.
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384 days · Year of the Earth Goat
Sexagenary year
Earth reinforces Earth: the year stem is Earth, while theGoat's fixed phase is Earth.
Length
384 days
Across 13 lunar months.
Leap month
Month 6
30 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 Goat
Earth is both the year element and the Goat’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Earth.
The animal repeats every 12 years, while the stem-and-branch pairing repeats every 60. The element in “Earth Goat” 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 1979
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 1979.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 28 January 1979 | 30 |
| Month 2 | 27 February 1979 | 29 |
| Month 3 | 28 March 1979 | 29 |
| Month 4 | 26 April 1979 | 30 |
| Month 5 | 26 May 1979 | 29 |
| Month 6 | 24 June 1979 | 30 |
| Leap month 6 | 24 July 1979 | 30 |
| Month 7 | 23 August 1979 | 29 |
| Month 8 | 21 September 1979 | 30 |
| Month 9 | 21 October 1979 | 30 |
| Month 10 | 20 November 1979 | 29 |
| Month 11 | 19 December 1979 | 30 |
| Month 12 | 18 January 1980 | 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 1979 · 18:12:18 UTC+8
- Rain Water雨水19 February 1979 · 14:13:13 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 1979 · 12:19:38 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分21 March 1979 · 13:21:55 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 1979 · 17:17:57 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨21 April 1979 · 00:35:21 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏6 May 1979 · 10:47:10 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满21 May 1979 · 23:53:50 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种6 June 1979 · 15:05:11 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至22 June 1979 · 07:56:09 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑8 July 1979 · 01:24:37 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑23 July 1979 · 18:48:32 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋8 August 1979 · 11:10:53 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑24 August 1979 · 01:46:43 UTC+8
- White Dew白露8 September 1979 · 13:59:45 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分23 September 1979 · 23:16:22 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露9 October 1979 · 05:30:02 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降24 October 1979 · 08:27:50 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬8 November 1979 · 08:32:47 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪23 November 1979 · 05:54:06 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪8 December 1979 · 01:17:48 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 1979 · 19:09:45 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 1980 · 12:28:53 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒21 January 1980 · 05:48:37 UTC+8
- Beginning of Spring立春5 February 1980 · 00:09:28 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1979 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 28 January 1979lunar 1/1
- 11 February 1979lunar 1/15
- 30 May 1979lunar 5/5
- 29 August 1979lunar 7/7
- 6 September 1979lunar 7/15
- 5 October 1979lunar 8/15
- 29 October 1979lunar 9/9
- 25 January 1980lunar 12/8
- 15 February 1980lunar 12/29
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1979
Each Gregorian month of 1979, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.