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February 1916 has 29 days, spanning lunar months 12 / 1. Lunar New Year's Eve: 2 Feb. Chinese New Year: 3 Feb. Lantern Festival: 17 Feb. New moon: 4 Feb. Full moon: 19 Feb. Beginning of Spring: 5 Feb. Rain Water: 20 Feb.
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Lunar 1915 month 12 into 1916 month 1 · Yang Fire Dragon 丙辰 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Metal Tiger · 庚寅
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Spring · 5 at 11:13:58 UTC+8; Rain Water · 20 at 07:17:59 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 2 February 1916 closes lunar 1915 month 12; lunar 1916 month 1 begins 3 February 1916.
Lunar-year structure
Two lunar years meet here
Lunar 1915
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
Lunar 1916
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
February 1916 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
February 1916 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 1/2
First quarter
Lunar 1/9
Full moon
Lunar 1/17
Last quarter
Lunar 1/24
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 February 1916
- 3 February 1916 — lunar 1915 month 12 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1916 month 1 opens.
- 5 February 1916 at 11:13:58 UTC+8 — Beginning of Spring, 立春 Lìchūn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 February 1916 at 07:17:59 UTC+8 — Rain Water, 雨水 Yǔshuǐ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 3 February 1916 — the first day of lunar month 1.
- 17 February 1916 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 1, which falls near the full moon.
- 2 February 1916 — Lunar New Year's Eve, lunar 12/29. The last day of the twelfth lunar month, which can be day 29 or day 30.
- 3 February 1916 — Chinese New Year, lunar 1/1. The first day of the first lunar month and the opening of a new lunar year.
- 17 February 1916 — Lantern Festival, lunar 1/15. The fifteenth day of the first lunar month, near the first full moon of the new year.