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2014 is the year of the Wood Horse in the Chinese calendar, from 31 January 2014 to 18 February 2015: 384 days, 13 lunar months, including leap month 9. Born before 31 January 2014? That is still the Water Snake year.
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384 days · Year of the Wood Horse
Sexagenary year
Wood generates Fire: the year stem is Wood, while theHorse's fixed phase is Fire.
Length
384 days
Across 13 lunar months.
Leap month
Month 9
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 Horse
Wood generates Fire in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Horse’s fixed element.
The animal repeats every 12 years, while the stem-and-branch pairing repeats every 60. The element in “Wood Horse” 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 2014
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 2014.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 31 January 2014 | 29 |
| Month 2 | 1 March 2014 | 30 |
| Month 3 | 31 March 2014 | 29 |
| Month 4 | 29 April 2014 | 30 |
| Month 5 | 29 May 2014 | 29 |
| Month 6 | 27 June 2014 | 30 |
| Month 7 | 27 July 2014 | 29 |
| Month 8 | 25 August 2014 | 30 |
| Month 9 | 24 September 2014 | 30 |
| Leap month 9 | 24 October 2014 | 29 |
| Month 10 | 22 November 2014 | 30 |
| Month 11 | 22 December 2014 | 29 |
| Month 12 | 20 January 2015 | 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 2014 · 06:03:16 UTC+8
- Rain Water雨水19 February 2014 · 01:59:30 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 2014 · 00:02:16 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分21 March 2014 · 00:57:06 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 2014 · 04:46:40 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨20 April 2014 · 11:55:33 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏5 May 2014 · 21:59:26 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满21 May 2014 · 10:59:02 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种6 June 2014 · 02:03:02 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至21 June 2014 · 18:51:13 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑7 July 2014 · 12:14:46 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑23 July 2014 · 05:41:21 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋7 August 2014 · 22:02:28 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑23 August 2014 · 12:45:59 UTC+8
- White Dew白露8 September 2014 · 01:01:25 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分23 September 2014 · 10:29:05 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露8 October 2014 · 16:47:30 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降23 October 2014 · 19:57:03 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬7 November 2014 · 20:06:40 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪22 November 2014 · 17:38:11 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪7 December 2014 · 13:04:05 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 2014 · 07:03:01 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 2015 · 00:20:32 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒20 January 2015 · 17:43:14 UTC+8
- Beginning of Spring立春4 February 2015 · 11:58:27 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 2014 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 31 January 2014lunar 1/1
- 14 February 2014lunar 1/15
- 2 June 2014lunar 5/5
- 2 August 2014lunar 7/7
- 10 August 2014lunar 7/15
- 8 September 2014lunar 8/15
- 2 October 2014lunar 9/9
- 27 January 2015lunar 12/8
- 18 February 2015lunar 12/30
Gregorian index
Month by month in 2014
Each Gregorian month of 2014, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.