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January 1941 Chinese lunar calendar

January 1941 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 12 / 1. Laba Festival: 5 Jan. Lunar New Year's Eve: 26 Jan. Chinese New Year: 27 Jan. Full moon: 13 Jan. New moon: 27 Jan. Minor Cold: 6 Jan. Major Cold: 20 Jan.

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Lunar 1940 month 12 into 1941 month 1 · Yang Metal Dragon 庚辰 year pillar at mid-month

Month pillar at mid-month
Yin Earth Ox · 己丑
Solar terms
Minor Cold · 6 at 01:03:54 UTC+8; Major Cold · 20 at 18:33:37 UTC+8
Lunar boundary
26 January 1941 closes lunar 1940 month 12; lunar 1941 month 1 begins 27 January 1941.

Lunar-year structure

Two lunar years meet here

Lunar 1940

12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.

Lunar 1941

13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 6 (30 days).

The Moon this month · UTC+8

January 1941 moon phases

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  1. First quarter

    Lunar 12/8

  2. Full moon

    Lunar 12/16

  3. Last quarter

    Lunar 12/23

  4. New moon

    Lunar 1/1

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 1941

  • 27 January 1941 — lunar 1940 month 12 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1941 month 1 opens.
  • 6 January 1941 at 01:03:54 UTC+8Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
  • 20 January 1941 at 18:33:37 UTC+8Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
  • 12 January 1941lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 12, which falls near the full moon.
  • 27 January 1941the first day of lunar month 1.
  • 5 January 1941Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.
  • 26 January 1941Lunar New Year's Eve, lunar 12/29. The last day of the twelfth lunar month, which can be day 29 or day 30.
  • 27 January 1941Chinese 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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