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2010 is the year of the Metal Tiger in the Chinese calendar, from 14 February 2010 to 2 February 2011: 354 days, 12 lunar months. Born before 14 February 2010? That is still the Earth Ox year.
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354 days · Year of the Metal Tiger
Sexagenary year
Metal controls Wood: the year stem is Metal, while theTiger'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
Not within this year
立春 does not fall inside it — a springless year, 无春年.
Year name explained
Why Metal Tiger
Metal restrains Wood in the Five Phases, so the year element is understood as moderating the Tiger’s fixed element.
The animal repeats every 12 years, while the stem-and-branch pairing repeats every 60. The element in “Metal Tiger” 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 2010
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 2010.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 14 February 2010 | 30 |
| Month 2 | 16 March 2010 | 29 |
| Month 3 | 14 April 2010 | 30 |
| Month 4 | 14 May 2010 | 29 |
| Month 5 | 12 June 2010 | 30 |
| Month 6 | 12 July 2010 | 29 |
| Month 7 | 10 August 2010 | 29 |
| Month 8 | 8 September 2010 | 30 |
| Month 9 | 8 October 2010 | 29 |
| Month 10 | 6 November 2010 | 30 |
| Month 11 | 6 December 2010 | 29 |
| Month 12 | 4 January 2011 | 30 |
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19 February 2010 · 02:35:38 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 2010 · 00:46:22 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分21 March 2010 · 01:32:13 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 2010 · 05:30:30 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨20 April 2010 · 12:29:48 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏5 May 2010 · 22:44:02 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满21 May 2010 · 11:33:54 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种6 June 2010 · 02:49:24 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至21 June 2010 · 19:28:25 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑7 July 2010 · 13:02:23 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑23 July 2010 · 06:21:13 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋7 August 2010 · 22:49:07 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑23 August 2010 · 13:26:57 UTC+8
- White Dew白露8 September 2010 · 01:44:41 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分23 September 2010 · 11:09:03 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露8 October 2010 · 17:26:29 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降23 October 2010 · 20:35:04 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬7 November 2010 · 20:42:30 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪22 November 2010 · 18:14:34 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪7 December 2010 · 13:38:23 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 2010 · 07:38:27 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 2011 · 00:54:37 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒20 January 2011 · 18:18:32 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 2010 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 14 February 2010lunar 1/1
- 28 February 2010lunar 1/15
- 16 June 2010lunar 5/5
- 16 August 2010lunar 7/7
- 24 August 2010lunar 7/15
- 22 September 2010lunar 8/15
- 16 October 2010lunar 9/9
- 11 January 2011lunar 12/8
- 2 February 2011lunar 12/30
Gregorian index
Month by month in 2010
Each Gregorian month of 2010, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.