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1995 is the year of the Wood Pig in the Chinese calendar, from 31 January 1995 to 18 February 1996: 384 days, 13 lunar months, including leap month 8. Born before 31 January 1995? That is still the Wood Dog year.
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384 days · Year of the Wood Pig
Sexagenary year
Water generates Wood: the year stem is Wood, while thePig's fixed phase is Water.
Length
384 days
Across 13 lunar months.
Leap month
Month 8
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 Pig
Water generates Wood in the Five Phases, so the Pig’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 Pig” 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 1995
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 1995.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 31 January 1995 | 29 |
| Month 2 | 1 March 1995 | 30 |
| Month 3 | 31 March 1995 | 30 |
| Month 4 | 30 April 1995 | 29 |
| Month 5 | 29 May 1995 | 30 |
| Month 6 | 28 June 1995 | 29 |
| Month 7 | 27 July 1995 | 30 |
| Month 8 | 26 August 1995 | 30 |
| Leap month 8 | 25 September 1995 | 29 |
| Month 9 | 24 October 1995 | 29 |
| Month 10 | 22 November 1995 | 30 |
| Month 11 | 22 December 1995 | 29 |
| Month 12 | 20 January 1996 | 30 |
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 1995 · 15:12:51 UTC+8
- Rain Water雨水19 February 1995 · 11:10:44 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 1995 · 09:16:04 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分21 March 1995 · 10:14:27 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 1995 · 14:08:06 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨20 April 1995 · 21:21:29 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏6 May 1995 · 07:30:03 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满21 May 1995 · 20:34:11 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种6 June 1995 · 11:42:28 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至22 June 1995 · 04:34:22 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑7 July 1995 · 22:01:00 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑23 July 1995 · 15:29:40 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋8 August 1995 · 07:51:44 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑23 August 1995 · 22:34:50 UTC+8
- White Dew白露8 September 1995 · 10:48:34 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分23 September 1995 · 20:13:00 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露9 October 1995 · 02:27:12 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降24 October 1995 · 05:31:31 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬8 November 1995 · 05:35:35 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪23 November 1995 · 03:01:23 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪7 December 1995 · 22:22:15 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 1995 · 16:16:47 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 1996 · 09:31:27 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒21 January 1996 · 02:52:30 UTC+8
- Beginning of Spring立春4 February 1996 · 21:07:54 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1995 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 31 January 1995lunar 1/1
- 14 February 1995lunar 1/15
- 2 June 1995lunar 5/5
- 2 August 1995lunar 7/7
- 10 August 1995lunar 7/15
- 9 September 1995lunar 8/15
- 1 November 1995lunar 9/9
- 27 January 1996lunar 12/8
- 18 February 1996lunar 12/30
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1995
Each Gregorian month of 1995, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.