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2044 is the year of the Wood Rat in the Chinese calendar, from 30 January 2044 to 16 February 2045: 384 days, 13 lunar months, including leap month 7. Born before 30 January 2044? That is still the Water Pig year.
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384 days · Year of the Wood Rat
Sexagenary year
Water generates Wood: the year stem is Wood, while theRat's fixed phase is Water.
Length
384 days
Across 13 lunar months.
Leap month
Month 7
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 Rat
Water generates Wood in the Five Phases, so the Rat’s fixed element supports the year element.
The animal repeats every 12 years, while the stem-and-branch pairing repeats every 60. The element in “Wood Rat” 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 2044
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 2044.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 30 January 2044 | 30 |
| Month 2 | 29 February 2044 | 29 |
| Month 3 | 29 March 2044 | 30 |
| Month 4 | 28 April 2044 | 29 |
| Month 5 | 27 May 2044 | 29 |
| Month 6 | 25 June 2044 | 30 |
| Month 7 | 25 July 2044 | 29 |
| Leap month 7 | 23 August 2044 | 29 |
| Month 8 | 21 September 2044 | 30 |
| Month 9 | 21 October 2044 | 29 |
| Month 10 | 19 November 2044 | 30 |
| Month 11 | 19 December 2044 | 30 |
| Month 12 | 18 January 2045 | 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 2044 · 12:44:21 UTC+8
- Rain Water雨水19 February 2044 · 08:35:52 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰5 March 2044 · 06:31:39 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分20 March 2044 · 07:20:37 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明4 April 2044 · 11:03:09 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨19 April 2044 · 18:06:47 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏5 May 2044 · 04:05:32 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满20 May 2044 · 17:01:57 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种5 June 2044 · 08:04:04 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至21 June 2044 · 00:51:11 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑6 July 2044 · 18:15:59 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑22 July 2044 · 11:43:24 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋7 August 2044 · 04:08:40 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑22 August 2044 · 18:54:44 UTC+8
- White Dew白露7 September 2044 · 07:16:35 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分22 September 2044 · 16:47:55 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露7 October 2044 · 23:13:22 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降23 October 2044 · 02:26:22 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬7 November 2044 · 02:42:03 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪22 November 2044 · 00:15:22 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪6 December 2044 · 19:45:16 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至21 December 2044 · 13:43:39 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒5 January 2045 · 07:02:35 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒20 January 2045 · 00:22:17 UTC+8
- Beginning of Spring立春3 February 2045 · 18:36:22 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 2044 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 30 January 2044lunar 1/1
- 13 February 2044lunar 1/15
- 31 May 2044lunar 5/5
- 31 July 2044lunar 7/7
- 8 August 2044lunar 7/15
- 5 October 2044lunar 8/15
- 29 October 2044lunar 9/9
- 25 January 2045lunar 12/8
- 16 February 2045lunar 12/30
Gregorian index
Month by month in 2044
Each Gregorian month of 2044, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.