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January 1916 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Laba Festival: 12 Jan. New moon: 5 Jan. Full moon: 20 Jan. Minor Cold: 6 Jan. Major Cold: 21 Jan.
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Lunar 1915 month 11 into 1915 month 12 · Yin Wood Rabbit 乙卯 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Earth Ox · 己丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 6 at 23:27:47 UTC+8; Major Cold · 21 at 16:53:33 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 4 January 1916 closes lunar 1915 month 11; lunar 1915 month 12 begins 5 January 1916.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1915
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
January 1916 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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111/26丁酉Fire Rooster11/27戊戌Earth Dog311/28己亥Earth Pig411/29庚子Metal Rat512/1辛丑Metal OxLunar month opens612/2壬寅Water TigerMinor Cold712/3癸卯Water Rabbit812/4甲辰Wood Dragon12/5乙巳Wood Snake1012/6丙午Fire Horse1112/7丁未Fire Goat12/8戊申Earth Monkey1312/9己酉Earth Rooster1412/10庚戌Metal Dog1512/11辛亥Metal Pig12/12壬子Water Rat1712/13癸丑Water Ox1812/14甲寅Wood Tiger1912/15乙卯Wood RabbitLunar mid-month2012/16丙辰Fire Dragon2112/17丁巳Fire SnakeMajor Cold2212/18戊午Earth Horse12/19己未Earth Goat2412/20庚申Metal Monkey2512/21辛酉Metal Rooster2612/22壬戌Water Dog2712/23癸亥Water Pig2812/24甲子Wood Rat2912/25乙丑Wood Ox12/26丙寅Fire Tiger3112/27丁卯Fire RabbitThe Moon this month · UTC+8
January 1916 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/8
Full moon
Lunar 12/16
Last quarter
Lunar 12/24
Calculated phase moments use fixed UTC+8. A lunar day number and a Moon phase describe different things. How they fit together →
Boundaries & marked days
What happens in January 1916
- 5 January 1916 — lunar 1915 month 11 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1915 month 12 opens.
- 6 January 1916 at 23:27:47 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 January 1916 at 16:53:33 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 5 January 1916 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 19 January 1916 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 12, which falls near the full moon.
- 12 January 1916 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.