Chinese New Year 1948

Chinese New Year 1948 is on February 10, 1948, beginning the Year of the Earth Rat (戊子, Wu Zi), which lasts until January 28, 1949. Until then it is still the Year of the Fire Pig. In BaZi, which counts years from the solar term Start of Spring (Li Chun), the 1948 year begins on February 5, 1948 at 5:42 AM Beijing time (21:42 UTC on February 4). This lunar year has 12 months and no leap month.

1948 is mostly the Year of the Earth Rat (戊子), from February 10, 1948. Dates before then belong to the Year of the Fire Pig.

In the Year of the Earth Rat, the signs traditionally said to be in conflict with Tai Sui, the year's ruling deity, are Rat (birth year), Horse (clash), Goat (harm), Rabbit (punishment) and Rooster (break).

No. The lunar year beginning in 1948 has 12 months.

The Mid-Autumn Festival, the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, falls on September 17, 1948.

Dates are computed astronomically, following the rules of the modern Chinese calendar (GB/T 33661-2017): days in China Standard Time (UTC+8), months starting on the day of the new moon, the winter solstice always in the eleventh month, and leap months placed in the first month without a principal solar term. Solar terms are the moments the Sun reaches each 15 degree point of its path, computed with the Astronomy Engine library. Years before 1929 used Beijing local time, so a handful of historical dates can differ by one day from older almanacs.