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January 1946 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Laba Festival: 10 Jan. New moon: 3 Jan. Full moon: 17 Jan. Minor Cold: 6 Jan. Major Cold: 20 Jan.
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Lunar 1945 month 11 into 1945 month 12 · Yin Wood Rooster 乙酉 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Earth Ox · 己丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 6 at 06:16:19 UTC+8; Major Cold · 20 at 23:44:35 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 2 January 1946 closes lunar 1945 month 11; lunar 1945 month 12 begins 3 January 1946.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1945
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
January 1946 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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111/28乙亥Wood Pig211/29丙子Fire Rat312/1丁丑Fire OxLunar month opens412/2戊寅Earth Tiger512/3己卯Earth Rabbit12/4庚辰Metal DragonMinor Cold712/5辛巳Metal Snake812/6壬午Water Horse912/7癸未Water Goat12/8甲申Wood Monkey1112/9乙酉Wood Rooster1212/10丙戌Fire Dog12/11丁亥Fire Pig1412/12戊子Earth Rat1512/13己丑Earth Ox1612/14庚寅Metal Tiger1712/15辛卯Metal RabbitLunar mid-month1812/16壬辰Water Dragon1912/17癸巳Water Snake12/18甲午Wood HorseMajor Cold2112/19乙未Wood Goat2212/20丙申Fire Monkey2312/21丁酉Fire Rooster2412/22戊戌Earth Dog2512/23己亥Earth Pig2612/24庚子Metal Rat12/25辛丑Metal Ox2812/26壬寅Water Tiger2912/27癸卯Water Rabbit3012/28甲辰Wood Dragon3112/29乙巳Wood SnakeThe Moon this month · UTC+8
January 1946 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/9
Full moon
Lunar 12/15
Last quarter
Lunar 12/23
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 1946
- 3 January 1946 — lunar 1945 month 11 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1945 month 12 opens.
- 6 January 1946 at 06:16:19 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 January 1946 at 23:44:35 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 3 January 1946 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 17 January 1946 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 12, which falls near the full moon.
- 10 January 1946 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.