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2017 is the year of the Fire Rooster in the Chinese calendar, from 28 January 2017 to 15 February 2018: 384 days, 13 lunar months, including leap month 6. Born before 28 January 2017? That is still the Fire Monkey year.
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384 days · Year of the Fire Rooster
Sexagenary year
Fire controls Metal: the year stem is Fire, while theRooster's fixed phase is Metal.
Length
384 days
Across 13 lunar months.
Leap month
Month 6
30 days in the repeated month.
Beginning of Spring
Twice
立春 falls twice — a double-spring year, 双春年.
Year name explained
Why Fire Rooster
Fire restrains Metal in the Five Phases, so the year element is understood as moderating the Rooster’s fixed element.
The animal repeats every 12 years, while the stem-and-branch pairing repeats every 60. The element in “Fire Rooster” 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 2017
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 2017.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 28 January 2017 | 29 |
| Month 2 | 26 February 2017 | 30 |
| Month 3 | 28 March 2017 | 29 |
| Month 4 | 26 April 2017 | 30 |
| Month 5 | 26 May 2017 | 29 |
| Month 6 | 24 June 2017 | 29 |
| Leap month 6 | 23 July 2017 | 30 |
| Month 7 | 22 August 2017 | 29 |
| Month 8 | 20 September 2017 | 30 |
| Month 9 | 20 October 2017 | 29 |
| Month 10 | 18 November 2017 | 30 |
| Month 11 | 18 December 2017 | 30 |
| Month 12 | 17 January 2018 | 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3 February 2017 · 23:34:04 UTC+8
- Rain Water雨水18 February 2017 · 19:31:19 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰5 March 2017 · 17:32:43 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分20 March 2017 · 18:28:38 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明4 April 2017 · 22:17:19 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨20 April 2017 · 05:27:01 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏5 May 2017 · 15:31:02 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满21 May 2017 · 04:30:56 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种5 June 2017 · 19:36:36 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至21 June 2017 · 12:24:09 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑7 July 2017 · 05:50:42 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑22 July 2017 · 23:15:21 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋7 August 2017 · 15:40:01 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑23 August 2017 · 06:20:13 UTC+8
- White Dew白露7 September 2017 · 18:38:38 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分23 September 2017 · 04:01:47 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露8 October 2017 · 10:22:09 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降23 October 2017 · 13:26:40 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬7 November 2017 · 13:37:49 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪22 November 2017 · 11:04:38 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪7 December 2017 · 06:32:39 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 2017 · 00:27:57 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒5 January 2018 · 17:48:45 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒20 January 2018 · 11:09:02 UTC+8
- Beginning of Spring立春4 February 2018 · 05:28:30 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 2017 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 28 January 2017lunar 1/1
- 11 February 2017lunar 1/15
- 30 May 2017lunar 5/5
- 28 August 2017lunar 7/7
- 5 September 2017lunar 7/15
- 4 October 2017lunar 8/15
- 28 October 2017lunar 9/9
- 24 January 2018lunar 12/8
- 15 February 2018lunar 12/30
Gregorian index
Month by month in 2017
Each Gregorian month of 2017, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.