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1998 is the year of the Earth Tiger in the Chinese calendar, from 28 January 1998 to 15 February 1999: 384 days, 13 lunar months, including leap month 5. Born before 28 January 1998? That is still the Fire Ox year.
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384 days · Year of the Earth Tiger
Sexagenary year
Wood controls Earth: the year stem is Earth, while theTiger's fixed phase is Wood.
Length
384 days
Across 13 lunar months.
Leap month
Month 5
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 Earth Tiger
Wood restrains Earth in the Five Phases, so the Tiger’s fixed element is understood as moderating the year element.
The animal repeats every 12 years, while the stem-and-branch pairing repeats every 60. The element in “Earth Tiger” 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 1998
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 1998.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 28 January 1998 | 30 |
| Month 2 | 27 February 1998 | 29 |
| Month 3 | 28 March 1998 | 29 |
| Month 4 | 26 April 1998 | 30 |
| Month 5 | 26 May 1998 | 29 |
| Leap month 5 | 24 June 1998 | 29 |
| Month 6 | 23 July 1998 | 30 |
| Month 7 | 22 August 1998 | 30 |
| Month 8 | 21 September 1998 | 29 |
| Month 9 | 20 October 1998 | 30 |
| Month 10 | 19 November 1998 | 30 |
| Month 11 | 19 December 1998 | 29 |
| Month 12 | 17 January 1999 | 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 1998 · 08:56:52 UTC+8
- Rain Water雨水19 February 1998 · 04:54:53 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 1998 · 02:57:15 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分21 March 1998 · 03:54:32 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 1998 · 07:44:57 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨20 April 1998 · 14:56:43 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏6 May 1998 · 01:03:10 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满21 May 1998 · 14:05:26 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种6 June 1998 · 05:13:22 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至21 June 1998 · 22:02:34 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑7 July 1998 · 15:30:25 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑23 July 1998 · 08:55:22 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋8 August 1998 · 01:19:50 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑23 August 1998 · 15:58:56 UTC+8
- White Dew白露8 September 1998 · 04:15:55 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分23 September 1998 · 13:37:11 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露8 October 1998 · 19:55:45 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降23 October 1998 · 22:58:35 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬7 November 1998 · 23:08:23 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪22 November 1998 · 20:34:12 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪7 December 1998 · 16:01:35 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 1998 · 09:56:27 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 1999 · 03:17:09 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒20 January 1999 · 20:37:21 UTC+8
- Beginning of Spring立春4 February 1999 · 14:57:03 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1998 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 1998lunar 1/1
- 11 February 1998lunar 1/15
- 30 May 1998lunar 5/5
- 28 August 1998lunar 7/7
- 5 September 1998lunar 7/15
- 5 October 1998lunar 8/15
- 28 October 1998lunar 9/9
- 24 January 1999lunar 12/8
- 15 February 1999lunar 12/30
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1998
Each Gregorian month of 1998, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.