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2015 is the year of the Wood Goat in the Chinese calendar, from 19 February 2015 to 7 February 2016: 354 days, 12 lunar months. Born before 19 February 2015? That is still the Wood Horse year.
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354 days · Year of the Wood Goat
Sexagenary year
Wood controls Earth: the year stem is Wood, while theGoat's fixed phase is Earth.
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 Wood Goat
Wood restrains Earth in the Five Phases, so the year element is understood as moderating the Goat’s fixed element.
The animal repeats every 12 years, while the stem-and-branch pairing repeats every 60. The element in “Wood Goat” 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 2015
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 2015.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 19 February 2015 | 29 |
| Month 2 | 20 March 2015 | 30 |
| Month 3 | 19 April 2015 | 29 |
| Month 4 | 18 May 2015 | 29 |
| Month 5 | 16 June 2015 | 30 |
| Month 6 | 16 July 2015 | 29 |
| Month 7 | 14 August 2015 | 30 |
| Month 8 | 13 September 2015 | 30 |
| Month 9 | 13 October 2015 | 30 |
| Month 10 | 12 November 2015 | 29 |
| Month 11 | 11 December 2015 | 30 |
| Month 12 | 10 January 2016 | 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 2015 · 07:49:48 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰6 March 2015 · 05:55:40 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分21 March 2015 · 06:45:08 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 2015 · 10:39:07 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨20 April 2015 · 17:41:51 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏6 May 2015 · 03:52:36 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满21 May 2015 · 16:44:46 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种6 June 2015 · 07:58:10 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至22 June 2015 · 00:37:54 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑7 July 2015 · 18:12:15 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑23 July 2015 · 11:30:26 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋8 August 2015 · 04:01:24 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑23 August 2015 · 18:37:17 UTC+8
- White Dew白露8 September 2015 · 06:59:34 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分23 September 2015 · 16:20:32 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露8 October 2015 · 22:42:49 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降24 October 2015 · 01:46:43 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬8 November 2015 · 01:58:37 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪22 November 2015 · 23:25:17 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪7 December 2015 · 18:53:21 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 2015 · 12:47:56 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒6 January 2016 · 06:08:23 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒20 January 2016 · 23:27:06 UTC+8
- Beginning of Spring立春4 February 2016 · 17:46:03 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 2015 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 19 February 2015lunar 1/1
- 5 March 2015lunar 1/15
- 20 June 2015lunar 5/5
- 20 August 2015lunar 7/7
- 28 August 2015lunar 7/15
- 27 September 2015lunar 8/15
- 21 October 2015lunar 9/9
- 17 January 2016lunar 12/8
- 7 February 2016lunar 12/29
Gregorian index
Month by month in 2015
Each Gregorian month of 2015, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.