Cycle position 01 of 60 · 甲子
1984 Chinese zodiac year
甲子 Yang Wood Rat
The outer Rat year began on 2 February 1984. Its Heavenly Stem is 甲 Jia, carrying yang Wood.
- Begins
- 2 February 1984
- Ends
- 19 February 1985
- Animal
- Rat
One year name · two turning points
Chinese New Year and Li Chun in 1984
The popular animal-year reading turns on Chinese New Year. Four Pillars uses Li Chun, the solar term that also opens the Tiger month. The dates below show exactly where the two systems separate. The Li Chun moment is shown in China Standard Time (CST).
Chinese New Year
Begins the Rat interval, which ends 19 February 1985.
Read the lunar-year boundary →立春 Li Chun
Opens the 甲子 stem–branch year and its first solar-term month.
Open Li Chun in the solar-term cycle →Chinese New Year arrived 2 calendar days before Li Chun. In the gap, the outer zodiac animal had entered this year while the Four Pillars year still belonged to the preceding stem–branch pair.
The complete annual coordinate
What 甲子 fixes for 1984
The year name is one valid meeting of the ten-stem and twelve-branch sequences. Each linked coordinate has its own reference page.
- Cycle position
- 1 of 60
- Heavenly Stem
- 甲 Jia
- Phase
- Wood
- Polarity
- Yang
- Earthly Branch
- 子 Zi · Rat
Twelve-year branch · sixty-year pillar
When the Rat and 甲子 return
A branch repeats every twelve years; the same stem and branch meet every sixty. These are every matching year in the supported 1901–2099 annual range.
Twelve jie boundaries · China Standard Time (CST)
The 1984 solar-term month calendar
Each jie term opens one branch month. The sequence begins at Li Chun in 1984 and closes at Minor Cold in 1985; the timestamp, branch and complete month pillar change from month to month. Every timestamp is shown in China Standard Time (CST).
Month01立春Start of SpringLìchūn · solar-term boundary - Opens · CST
- Branch animal
- 寅TigerYin
- Month pillar
- 丙寅Yang Fire TigerYang Fire
Month02惊蛰Awakening of InsectsJīngzhé · solar-term boundary - Opens · CST
- Branch animal
- 卯RabbitMao
- Month pillar
- 丁卯Yin Fire RabbitYin Fire
Month03清明Clear and BrightQīngmíng · solar-term boundary - Opens · CST
- Branch animal
- 辰DragonChen
- Month pillar
- 戊辰Yang Earth DragonYang Earth
Month04立夏Start of SummerLìxià · solar-term boundary - Opens · CST
- Branch animal
- 巳SnakeSi
- Month pillar
- 己巳Yin Earth SnakeYin Earth
Month05芒种Grain in EarMángzhòng · solar-term boundary - Opens · CST
- Branch animal
- 午HorseWu
- Month pillar
- 庚午Yang Metal HorseYang Metal
Month06小暑Minor HeatXiǎoshǔ · solar-term boundary - Opens · CST
- Branch animal
- 未GoatWei
- Month pillar
- 辛未Yin Metal GoatYin Metal
Month07立秋Start of AutumnLìqiū · solar-term boundary - Opens · CST
- Branch animal
- 申MonkeyShen
- Month pillar
- 壬申Yang Water MonkeyYang Water
Month08白露White DewBáilù · solar-term boundary - Opens · CST
- Branch animal
- 酉RoosterYou
- Month pillar
- 癸酉Yin Water RoosterYin Water
Month09寒露Cold DewHánlù · solar-term boundary - Opens · CST
- Branch animal
- 戌DogXu
- Month pillar
- 甲戌Yang Wood DogYang Wood
Month10立冬Start of WinterLìdōng · solar-term boundary - Opens · CST
- Branch animal
- 亥PigHai
- Month pillar
- 乙亥Yin Wood PigYin Wood
Month11大雪Major SnowDàxuě · solar-term boundary - Opens · CST
- Branch animal
- 子RatZi
- Month pillar
- 丙子Yang Fire RatYang Fire
Month12小寒Minor ColdXiǎohán · solar-term boundary - Opens · CST
- Branch animal
- 丑OxChou
- Month pillar
- 丁丑Yin Fire OxYin Fire