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1987 is the year of the Fire Rabbit in the Chinese calendar, from 29 January 1987 to 16 February 1988: 384 days, 13 lunar months, including leap month 6. Born before 29 January 1987? That is still the Fire Tiger year.
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384 days · Year of the Fire Rabbit
Sexagenary year
Wood generates Fire: the year stem is Fire, while theRabbit's fixed phase is Wood.
Length
384 days
Across 13 lunar months.
Leap month
Month 6
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 Fire Rabbit
Wood generates Fire in the Five Phases, so the Rabbit’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 “Fire Rabbit” 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 1987
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 1987.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 29 January 1987 | 30 |
| Month 2 | 28 February 1987 | 29 |
| Month 3 | 29 March 1987 | 30 |
| Month 4 | 28 April 1987 | 29 |
| Month 5 | 27 May 1987 | 30 |
| Month 6 | 26 June 1987 | 30 |
| Leap month 6 | 26 July 1987 | 29 |
| Month 7 | 24 August 1987 | 30 |
| Month 8 | 23 September 1987 | 30 |
| Month 9 | 23 October 1987 | 29 |
| Month 10 | 21 November 1987 | 30 |
| Month 11 | 21 December 1987 | 29 |
| Month 12 | 19 January 1988 | 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 1987 · 16:51:40 UTC+8
- Rain Water雨水19 February 1987 · 12:49:57 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 1987 · 10:53:37 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分21 March 1987 · 11:51:58 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 1987 · 15:44:08 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨20 April 1987 · 22:57:32 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏6 May 1987 · 09:05:35 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满21 May 1987 · 22:10:01 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种6 June 1987 · 13:18:58 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至22 June 1987 · 06:10:45 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑7 July 1987 · 23:38:39 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑23 July 1987 · 17:06:02 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋8 August 1987 · 09:29:13 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑24 August 1987 · 00:09:50 UTC+8
- White Dew白露8 September 1987 · 12:24:07 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分23 September 1987 · 21:45:16 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露9 October 1987 · 03:59:40 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降24 October 1987 · 07:00:52 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬8 November 1987 · 07:05:40 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪23 November 1987 · 04:29:23 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪7 December 1987 · 23:52:12 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 1987 · 17:45:52 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 1988 · 11:03:30 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒21 January 1988 · 04:24:17 UTC+8
- Beginning of Spring立春4 February 1988 · 22:42:49 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1987 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 29 January 1987lunar 1/1
- 12 February 1987lunar 1/15
- 31 May 1987lunar 5/5
- 30 August 1987lunar 7/7
- 7 September 1987lunar 7/15
- 7 October 1987lunar 8/15
- 31 October 1987lunar 9/9
- 26 January 1988lunar 12/8
- 16 February 1988lunar 12/29
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1987
Each Gregorian month of 1987, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.