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January 1936 Chinese lunar calendar

January 1936 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 12 / 1. Laba Festival: 2 Jan. Lunar New Year's Eve: 23 Jan. Chinese New Year: 24 Jan. Full moon: 9 Jan. New moon: 24 Jan. Minor Cold: 6 Jan. Major Cold: 21 Jan.

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Lunar 1935 month 12 into 1936 month 1 · Yin Wood Pig 乙亥 year pillar at mid-month

Month pillar at mid-month
Yin Earth Ox · 己丑
Solar terms
Minor Cold · 6 at 19:46:37 UTC+8; Major Cold · 21 at 13:12:13 UTC+8
Lunar boundary
23 January 1936 closes lunar 1935 month 12; lunar 1936 month 1 begins 24 January 1936.

Lunar-year structure

Two lunar years meet here

Lunar 1935

12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.

Lunar 1936

13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 3 (30 days).

The Moon this month · UTC+8

January 1936 moon phases

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  1. First quarter

    Lunar 12/7

  2. Full moon

    Lunar 12/15

  3. Last quarter

    Lunar 12/23

  4. New moon

    Lunar 1/1

  5. First quarter

    Lunar 1/8

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 1936

  • 24 January 1936 — lunar 1935 month 12 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1936 month 1 opens.
  • 6 January 1936 at 19:46:37 UTC+8Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
  • 21 January 1936 at 13:12:13 UTC+8Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
  • 9 January 1936lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 12, which falls near the full moon.
  • 24 January 1936the first day of lunar month 1.
  • 2 January 1936Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.
  • 23 January 1936Lunar New Year's Eve, lunar 12/29. The last day of the twelfth lunar month, which can be day 29 or day 30.
  • 24 January 1936Chinese New Year, lunar 1/1. The first day of the first lunar month and the opening of a new lunar year.

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