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1999 is the year of the Earth Rabbit in the Chinese calendar, from 16 February 1999 to 4 February 2000: 354 days, 12 lunar months. Born before 16 February 1999? That is still the Earth Tiger year.
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354 days · Year of the Earth Rabbit
Sexagenary year
Wood controls Earth: the year stem is Earth, while theRabbit's fixed phase is Wood.
Length
354 days
Across 12 lunar months.
Leap month
None
The year runs its ordinary twelve months.
Beginning of Spring
Once
立春 falls once, as it usually does.
Year name explained
Why Earth Rabbit
Wood restrains Earth in the Five Phases, so the Rabbit’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 Rabbit” 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 1999
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 1999.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 16 February 1999 | 30 |
| Month 2 | 18 March 1999 | 29 |
| Month 3 | 16 April 1999 | 29 |
| Month 4 | 15 May 1999 | 30 |
| Month 5 | 14 June 1999 | 29 |
| Month 6 | 13 July 1999 | 29 |
| Month 7 | 11 August 1999 | 30 |
| Month 8 | 10 September 1999 | 29 |
| Month 9 | 9 October 1999 | 30 |
| Month 10 | 8 November 1999 | 30 |
| Month 11 | 8 December 1999 | 30 |
| Month 12 | 7 January 2000 | 29 |
The solar year within it
24 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 1999 · 10:46:50 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 1999 · 08:57:42 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分21 March 1999 · 09:45:50 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 1999 · 13:44:37 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨20 April 1999 · 20:46:00 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏6 May 1999 · 07:01:00 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满21 May 1999 · 19:52:25 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种6 June 1999 · 11:09:07 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至22 June 1999 · 03:49:07 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑7 July 1999 · 21:24:59 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑23 July 1999 · 14:44:06 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋8 August 1999 · 07:14:06 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑23 August 1999 · 21:51:05 UTC+8
- White Dew白露8 September 1999 · 10:09:59 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分23 September 1999 · 19:31:31 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露9 October 1999 · 01:48:21 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降24 October 1999 · 04:52:14 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬8 November 1999 · 04:57:51 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪23 November 1999 · 02:24:50 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪7 December 1999 · 21:47:27 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 1999 · 15:43:48 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 2000 · 09:00:42 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒21 January 2000 · 02:23:03 UTC+8
- Beginning of Spring立春4 February 2000 · 20:40:24 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 1999 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 16 February 1999lunar 1/1
- 2 March 1999lunar 1/15
- 18 June 1999lunar 5/5
- 17 August 1999lunar 7/7
- 25 August 1999lunar 7/15
- 24 September 1999lunar 8/15
- 17 October 1999lunar 9/9
- 14 January 2000lunar 12/8
- 4 February 2000lunar 12/29
Gregorian index
Month by month in 1999
Each Gregorian month of 1999, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.