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1984 is the year of the Wood Rat in the Chinese calendar, from 2 February 1984 to 19 February 1985: 384 days, 13 lunar months, including leap month 10. Born before 2 February 1984? That is still the Water Pig year.
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384 days · Year of the Wood Rat
Sexagenary year
Water generates Wood: the year stem is Wood, while theRat's fixed phase is Water.
Length
384 days
Across 13 lunar months.
Leap month
Month 10
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 Rat
Water generates Wood in the Five Phases, so the Rat’s fixed element supports the year element.
The animal repeats every 12 years, while the stem-and-branch pairing repeats every 60. The element in “Wood Rat” 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 1984
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 1984.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 2 February 1984 | 30 |
| Month 2 | 3 March 1984 | 29 |
| Month 3 | 1 April 1984 | 30 |
| Month 4 | 1 May 1984 | 30 |
| Month 5 | 31 May 1984 | 29 |
| Month 6 | 29 June 1984 | 29 |
| Month 7 | 28 July 1984 | 30 |
| Month 8 | 27 August 1984 | 29 |
| Month 9 | 25 September 1984 | 29 |
| Month 10 | 24 October 1984 | 30 |
| Leap month 10 | 23 November 1984 | 29 |
| Month 11 | 22 December 1984 | 30 |
| Month 12 | 21 January 1985 | 30 |
The solar year within it
26 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 1984 · 23:18:44 UTC+8
- Rain Water雨水19 February 1984 · 19:16:13 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰5 March 1984 · 17:24:39 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分20 March 1984 · 18:24:19 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明4 April 1984 · 22:22:20 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨20 April 1984 · 05:38:06 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏5 May 1984 · 15:50:57 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满21 May 1984 · 04:57:36 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种5 June 1984 · 20:08:37 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至21 June 1984 · 13:02:14 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑7 July 1984 · 06:29:06 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑22 July 1984 · 23:58:12 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋7 August 1984 · 16:17:53 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑23 August 1984 · 07:00:10 UTC+8
- White Dew白露7 September 1984 · 19:09:50 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分23 September 1984 · 04:32:53 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露8 October 1984 · 10:42:35 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降23 October 1984 · 13:45:39 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬7 November 1984 · 13:45:32 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪22 November 1984 · 11:10:38 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪7 December 1984 · 06:28:03 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 1984 · 00:22:48 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒5 January 1985 · 17:35:05 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒20 January 1985 · 10:57:33 UTC+8
- Beginning of Spring立春4 February 1985 · 05:11:47 UTC+8
- Rain Water雨水19 February 1985 · 01:07:21 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1984 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 1984lunar 1/1
- 16 February 1984lunar 1/15
- 4 June 1984lunar 5/5
- 3 August 1984lunar 7/7
- 11 August 1984lunar 7/15
- 10 September 1984lunar 8/15
- 3 October 1984lunar 9/9
- 28 January 1985lunar 12/8
- 19 February 1985lunar 12/30
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1984
Each Gregorian month of 1984, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.