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2022 is the year of the Water Tiger in the Chinese calendar, from 1 February 2022 to 21 January 2023: 355 days, 12 lunar months. Born before 1 February 2022? That is still the Metal Ox year.
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355 days · Year of the Water Tiger
Sexagenary year
Water generates Wood: the year stem is Water, while theTiger's fixed phase is Wood.
Length
355 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 Water Tiger
Water generates Wood in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Tiger’s fixed element.
The animal repeats every 12 years, while the stem-and-branch pairing repeats every 60. The element in “Water 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 2022
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 2022.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 1 February 2022 | 30 |
| Month 2 | 3 March 2022 | 29 |
| Month 3 | 1 April 2022 | 30 |
| Month 4 | 1 May 2022 | 29 |
| Month 5 | 30 May 2022 | 30 |
| Month 6 | 29 June 2022 | 30 |
| Month 7 | 29 July 2022 | 29 |
| Month 8 | 27 August 2022 | 30 |
| Month 9 | 26 September 2022 | 29 |
| Month 10 | 25 October 2022 | 30 |
| Month 11 | 24 November 2022 | 29 |
| Month 12 | 23 December 2022 | 30 |
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.
- Beginning of Spring立春4 February 2022 · 04:50:47 UTC+8
- Rain Water雨水19 February 2022 · 00:43:01 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰5 March 2022 · 22:43:45 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分20 March 2022 · 23:33:26 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明5 April 2022 · 03:20:14 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨20 April 2022 · 10:24:18 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏5 May 2022 · 20:25:57 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满21 May 2022 · 09:22:36 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种6 June 2022 · 00:25:49 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至21 June 2022 · 17:13:51 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑7 July 2022 · 10:38:01 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑23 July 2022 · 04:07:00 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋7 August 2022 · 20:29:08 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑23 August 2022 · 11:16:11 UTC+8
- White Dew白露7 September 2022 · 23:32:18 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分23 September 2022 · 09:03:43 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露8 October 2022 · 15:22:28 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降23 October 2022 · 18:35:43 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬7 November 2022 · 18:45:30 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪22 November 2022 · 16:20:30 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪7 December 2022 · 11:46:16 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至22 December 2022 · 05:48:12 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒5 January 2023 · 23:04:51 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒20 January 2023 · 16:29:32 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 2022 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 1 February 2022lunar 1/1
- 15 February 2022lunar 1/15
- 3 June 2022lunar 5/5
- 4 August 2022lunar 7/7
- 12 August 2022lunar 7/15
- 10 September 2022lunar 8/15
- 4 October 2022lunar 9/9
- 30 December 2022lunar 12/8
- 21 January 2023lunar 12/30
Gregorian index
Month by month in 2022
Each Gregorian month of 2022, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.