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2024 is the year of the Wood Dragon in the Chinese calendar, from 10 February 2024 to 28 January 2025: 354 days, 12 lunar months. Born before 10 February 2024? That is still the Water Rabbit year.
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354 days · Year of the Wood Dragon
Sexagenary year
Wood controls Earth: the year stem is Wood, while theDragon'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
Not within this year
立春 does not fall inside it — a springless year, 无春年.
Year name explained
Why Wood Dragon
Wood restrains Earth in the Five Phases, so the year element is understood as moderating the Dragon’s fixed element.
The animal repeats every 12 years, while the stem-and-branch pairing repeats every 60. The element in “Wood Dragon” 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 2024
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 2024.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 10 February 2024 | 29 |
| Month 2 | 10 March 2024 | 30 |
| Month 3 | 9 April 2024 | 29 |
| Month 4 | 8 May 2024 | 29 |
| Month 5 | 6 June 2024 | 30 |
| Month 6 | 6 July 2024 | 29 |
| Month 7 | 4 August 2024 | 30 |
| Month 8 | 3 September 2024 | 30 |
| Month 9 | 3 October 2024 | 29 |
| Month 10 | 1 November 2024 | 30 |
| Month 11 | 1 December 2024 | 30 |
| Month 12 | 31 December 2024 | 29 |
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 2024 · 12:13:12 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰5 March 2024 · 10:22:45 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分20 March 2024 · 11:06:25 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明4 April 2024 · 15:02:17 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨19 April 2024 · 21:59:47 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏5 May 2024 · 08:10:05 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满20 May 2024 · 20:59:31 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种5 June 2024 · 12:09:54 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至21 June 2024 · 04:51:00 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑6 July 2024 · 22:20:03 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑22 July 2024 · 15:44:26 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋7 August 2024 · 08:09:16 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑22 August 2024 · 22:55:03 UTC+8
- White Dew白露7 September 2024 · 11:11:20 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分22 September 2024 · 20:43:42 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露8 October 2024 · 02:59:57 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降23 October 2024 · 06:14:47 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬7 November 2024 · 06:20:04 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪22 November 2024 · 03:56:31 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪6 December 2024 · 23:17:03 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至21 December 2024 · 17:20:35 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒5 January 2025 · 10:32:47 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒20 January 2025 · 04:00:08 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 2024 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 10 February 2024lunar 1/1
- 24 February 2024lunar 1/15
- 10 June 2024lunar 5/5
- 10 August 2024lunar 7/7
- 18 August 2024lunar 7/15
- 17 September 2024lunar 8/15
- 11 October 2024lunar 9/9
- 7 January 2025lunar 12/8
- 28 January 2025lunar 12/29
Gregorian index
Month by month in 2024
Each Gregorian month of 2024, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.