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1994 is the year of the Wood Dog in the Chinese calendar, from 10 February 1994 to 30 January 1995: 355 days, 12 lunar months. Born before 10 February 1994? That is still the Water Rooster year.
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355 days · Year of the Wood Dog
Sexagenary year
Wood controls Earth: the year stem is Wood, while theDog's fixed phase is Earth.
Length
355 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 Dog
Wood restrains Earth in the Five Phases, so the year element is understood as moderating the Dog’s fixed element.
The animal repeats every 12 years, while the stem-and-branch pairing repeats every 60. The element in “Wood Dog” 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 1994
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 1994.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 10 February 1994 | 30 |
| Month 2 | 12 March 1994 | 30 |
| Month 3 | 11 April 1994 | 30 |
| Month 4 | 11 May 1994 | 29 |
| Month 5 | 9 June 1994 | 30 |
| Month 6 | 9 July 1994 | 29 |
| Month 7 | 7 August 1994 | 30 |
| Month 8 | 6 September 1994 | 29 |
| Month 9 | 5 October 1994 | 29 |
| Month 10 | 3 November 1994 | 30 |
| Month 11 | 3 December 1994 | 29 |
| Month 12 | 1 January 1995 | 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 1994 · 05:21:38 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 1994 · 03:37:42 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分21 March 1994 · 04:28:01 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 1994 · 08:31:48 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨20 April 1994 · 15:36:00 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏6 May 1994 · 01:54:05 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满21 May 1994 · 14:48:28 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种6 June 1994 · 06:04:52 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至21 June 1994 · 22:47:32 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑7 July 1994 · 16:19:22 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑23 July 1994 · 09:41:00 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋8 August 1994 · 02:04:22 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑23 August 1994 · 16:43:45 UTC+8
- White Dew白露8 September 1994 · 04:55:07 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分23 September 1994 · 14:19:13 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露8 October 1994 · 20:29:05 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降23 October 1994 · 23:36:01 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬7 November 1994 · 23:35:36 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪22 November 1994 · 21:05:58 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪7 December 1994 · 16:22:53 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 1994 · 10:22:43 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 1995 · 03:34:05 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒20 January 1995 · 21:00:27 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1994 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 10 February 1994lunar 1/1
- 24 February 1994lunar 1/15
- 13 June 1994lunar 5/5
- 13 August 1994lunar 7/7
- 21 August 1994lunar 7/15
- 20 September 1994lunar 8/15
- 13 October 1994lunar 9/9
- 8 January 1995lunar 12/8
- 30 January 1995lunar 12/30
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1994
Each Gregorian month of 1994, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.