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2005 is the year of the Wood Rooster in the Chinese calendar, from 9 February 2005 to 28 January 2006: 354 days, 12 lunar months. Born before 9 February 2005? That is still the Wood Monkey year.
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354 days · Year of the Wood Rooster
Sexagenary year
Metal controls Wood: the year stem is Wood, while theRooster's fixed phase is Metal.
Length
354 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 Rooster
Metal restrains Wood in the Five Phases, so the Rooster’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 Rooster” 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 2005
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 2005.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 9 February 2005 | 29 |
| Month 2 | 10 March 2005 | 30 |
| Month 3 | 9 April 2005 | 29 |
| Month 4 | 8 May 2005 | 30 |
| Month 5 | 7 June 2005 | 29 |
| Month 6 | 6 July 2005 | 30 |
| Month 7 | 5 August 2005 | 30 |
| Month 8 | 4 September 2005 | 29 |
| Month 9 | 3 October 2005 | 30 |
| Month 10 | 2 November 2005 | 29 |
| Month 11 | 1 December 2005 | 30 |
| Month 12 | 31 December 2005 | 29 |
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18 February 2005 · 21:31:57 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰5 March 2005 · 19:45:10 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分20 March 2005 · 20:33:26 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 2005 · 00:34:17 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨20 April 2005 · 07:37:15 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏5 May 2005 · 17:52:50 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满21 May 2005 · 06:47:24 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种5 June 2005 · 22:01:52 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至21 June 2005 · 14:46:07 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑7 July 2005 · 08:16:34 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑23 July 2005 · 01:40:42 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋7 August 2005 · 18:03:21 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑23 August 2005 · 08:45:27 UTC+8
- White Dew白露7 September 2005 · 20:56:40 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分23 September 2005 · 06:23:11 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露8 October 2005 · 12:33:18 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降23 October 2005 · 15:42:20 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬7 November 2005 · 15:42:26 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪22 November 2005 · 13:14:58 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪7 December 2005 · 08:32:41 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 2005 · 02:34:56 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒5 January 2006 · 19:46:57 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒20 January 2006 · 13:15:18 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 2005 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 9 February 2005lunar 1/1
- 23 February 2005lunar 1/15
- 11 June 2005lunar 5/5
- 11 August 2005lunar 7/7
- 19 August 2005lunar 7/15
- 18 September 2005lunar 8/15
- 11 October 2005lunar 9/9
- 7 January 2006lunar 12/8
- 28 January 2006lunar 12/29
Gregorian index
Month by month in 2005
Each Gregorian month of 2005, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.