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2004 is the year of the Wood Monkey in the Chinese calendar, from 22 January 2004 to 8 February 2005: 384 days, 13 lunar months, including leap month 2. Born before 22 January 2004? That is still the Water Goat year.
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384 days · Year of the Wood Monkey
Sexagenary year
Metal controls Wood: the year stem is Wood, while theMonkey's fixed phase is Metal.
Length
384 days
Across 13 lunar months.
Leap month
Month 2
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 Monkey
Metal restrains Wood in the Five Phases, so the Monkey’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 “Wood Monkey” 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 2004
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 2004.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 22 January 2004 | 29 |
| Month 2 | 20 February 2004 | 30 |
| Leap month 2 | 21 March 2004 | 29 |
| Month 3 | 19 April 2004 | 30 |
| Month 4 | 19 May 2004 | 30 |
| Month 5 | 18 June 2004 | 29 |
| Month 6 | 17 July 2004 | 30 |
| Month 7 | 16 August 2004 | 29 |
| Month 8 | 14 September 2004 | 30 |
| Month 9 | 14 October 2004 | 29 |
| Month 10 | 12 November 2004 | 30 |
| Month 11 | 12 December 2004 | 29 |
| Month 12 | 10 January 2005 | 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 2004 · 19:56:13 UTC+8
- Rain Water雨水19 February 2004 · 15:49:59 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰5 March 2004 · 13:55:38 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分20 March 2004 · 14:48:38 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明4 April 2004 · 18:43:19 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨20 April 2004 · 01:50:25 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏5 May 2004 · 12:02:28 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满21 May 2004 · 00:59:12 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种5 June 2004 · 16:13:46 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至21 June 2004 · 08:56:51 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑7 July 2004 · 02:31:16 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑22 July 2004 · 19:50:09 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋7 August 2004 · 12:19:36 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑23 August 2004 · 02:53:15 UTC+8
- White Dew白露7 September 2004 · 15:12:55 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分23 September 2004 · 00:29:50 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露8 October 2004 · 06:49:18 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降23 October 2004 · 09:48:49 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬7 November 2004 · 09:58:33 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪22 November 2004 · 07:21:40 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪7 December 2004 · 02:48:57 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至21 December 2004 · 20:41:36 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒5 January 2005 · 14:02:59 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒20 January 2005 · 07:21:34 UTC+8
- Beginning of Spring立春4 February 2005 · 01:43:02 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 2004 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 22 January 2004lunar 1/1
- 5 February 2004lunar 1/15
- 22 June 2004lunar 5/5
- 22 August 2004lunar 7/7
- 30 August 2004lunar 7/15
- 28 September 2004lunar 8/15
- 22 October 2004lunar 9/9
- 17 January 2005lunar 12/8
- 8 February 2005lunar 12/30
Gregorian index
Month by month in 2004
Each Gregorian month of 2004, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.