1922 — Year of the Dog 狗 壬戌

1922 is the year of the Dog 狗 — year pillar 壬戌, Yang Water. Every date on this page is computed by the same astronomical kernel that powers our public API, to the minute.

Lichun 1922-02-04 22:06:35 · CNY 1922-01-28 · engine 0.1.0

The two-calendar window in 1922

In 1922, Chinese New Year 正月初一 falls first (1922-01-28) and Lichun 立春 7 days later (1922-02-04). Anyone born inside that 7-day window gets a different zodiac animal and year pillar depending on which convention their tool follows — BaZi practice switches at the exact Lichun instant (1922-02-04 22:06:35, Beijing), folk calendar practice at the new moon. This is not an edge case we gloss over — it is the single most common source of wrong zodiac years, and our engine comparison tool shows it live with three engines side by side.

Your Kua number for 1922

Born inside 1922 (after Lichun)? Your Ming Gua: male (2000 − 1922) mod 9 = 6 → Qian 乾 · female (1922 − 2000 + 6) mod 9 = 9 → Li 离. Born before Lichun? The formula runs on 1921 — the Kua calculator applies the boundary for your exact birthday.

FAQ

When does the year of the Dog (壬戌) start and end?

By the exact Lichun instant: from 1922-02-04 22:06:35 Beijing to the Lichun of 1923. By the lunar calendar: from Chinese New Year (1922-01-28) to the next new-year new moon. The two definitions disagree about 7 days of 1922 — see the window note above.

Is 1922 a leap month year?

Yes — the lunar year 1922 has 13 months with a leap month 5 閏5月, computed by the GB/T 33661-2017 rules (no-zhongqi method, with the 2033-type edge cases handled).

What is my Kua number if I was born in 1922?

For births after Lichun: male 6 (乾), female 9 (离). Births before the exact Lichun instant belong to 1921 and use that year in the formula — most online calculators get early-February birthdays wrong here.

Tools for this year

All 24 solar terms of 1922 · Almanac for Chinese New Year (1922-01-28) · Kua number calculator · Four-pillar chart · All Dog years