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2045 is the year of the Wood Ox in the Chinese calendar, from 17 February 2045 to 5 February 2046: 354 days, 12 lunar months. Born before 17 February 2045? That is still the Wood Rat year.
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354 days · Year of the Wood Ox
Sexagenary year
Wood controls Earth: the year stem is Wood, while theOx'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 Ox
Wood restrains Earth in the Five Phases, so the year element is understood as moderating the Ox’s fixed element.
The animal repeats every 12 years, while the stem-and-branch pairing repeats every 60. The element in “Wood Ox” 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 2045
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 2045.
| Lunar month | Begins | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 17 February 2045 | 30 |
| Month 2 | 19 March 2045 | 29 |
| Month 3 | 17 April 2045 | 30 |
| Month 4 | 17 May 2045 | 29 |
| Month 5 | 15 June 2045 | 29 |
| Month 6 | 14 July 2045 | 30 |
| Month 7 | 13 August 2045 | 29 |
| Month 8 | 11 September 2045 | 29 |
| Month 9 | 10 October 2045 | 30 |
| Month 10 | 9 November 2045 | 29 |
| Month 11 | 8 December 2045 | 30 |
| Month 12 | 7 January 2046 | 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.
- Rain Water雨水18 February 2045 · 14:22:26 UTC+8
- Awakening of Insects惊蛰5 March 2045 · 12:25:06 UTC+8
- Spring Equinox春分20 March 2045 · 13:07:42 UTC+8
- Pure Brightness清明4 April 2045 · 16:57:22 UTC+8
- Grain Rain谷雨19 April 2045 · 23:52:56 UTC+8
- Beginning of Summer立夏5 May 2045 · 09:59:35 UTC+8
- Grain Buds小满20 May 2045 · 22:46:04 UTC+8
- Grain in Ear芒种5 June 2045 · 13:57:05 UTC+8
- Summer Solstice夏至21 June 2045 · 06:33:58 UTC+8
- Minor Heat小暑7 July 2045 · 00:08:08 UTC+8
- Major Heat大暑22 July 2045 · 17:26:52 UTC+8
- Beginning of Autumn立秋7 August 2045 · 09:59:43 UTC+8
- End of Heat处暑23 August 2045 · 00:39:14 UTC+8
- White Dew白露7 September 2045 · 13:05:31 UTC+8
- Autumn Equinox秋分22 September 2045 · 22:33:01 UTC+8
- Cold Dew寒露8 October 2045 · 05:00:43 UTC+8
- Frost's Descent霜降23 October 2045 · 08:12:36 UTC+8
- Beginning of Winter立冬7 November 2045 · 08:29:55 UTC+8
- Minor Snow小雪22 November 2045 · 06:03:55 UTC+8
- Major Snow大雪7 December 2045 · 01:35:38 UTC+8
- Winter Solstice冬至21 December 2045 · 19:35:11 UTC+8
- Minor Cold小寒5 January 2046 · 12:56:04 UTC+8
- Major Cold大寒20 January 2046 · 06:15:56 UTC+8
- Beginning of Spring立春4 February 2046 · 00:31:09 UTC+8
Moving Gregorian dates
Festivals in the 2045 lunar year
Most follow numbered lunar dates; Qingming and Winter Solstice follow exact solar-term instants. Open a festival to see its rule.
- 17 February 2045lunar 1/1
- 3 March 2045lunar 1/15
- 19 June 2045lunar 5/5
- 19 August 2045lunar 7/7
- 27 August 2045lunar 7/15
- 25 September 2045lunar 8/15
- 18 October 2045lunar 9/9
- 14 January 2046lunar 12/8
- 5 February 2046lunar 12/30
Gregorian index
Month by month in 2045
Each Gregorian month of 2045, with the lunar dates and day pillars it covers.