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February 1946 Chinese lunar calendar

February 1946 has 28 days, spanning lunar months 12 / 1. Lunar New Year's Eve: 1 Feb. Chinese New Year: 2 Feb. Lantern Festival: 16 Feb. New moon: 2 Feb. Full moon: 16 Feb. Beginning of Spring: 4 Feb. Rain Water: 19 Feb.

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Lunar 1945 month 12 into 1946 month 1 · Yang Fire Dog 丙戌 year pillar at mid-month

Month pillar at mid-month
Yang Metal Tiger · 庚寅
Solar terms
Beginning of Spring · 4 at 18:03:53 UTC+8; Rain Water · 19 at 14:08:30 UTC+8
Lunar boundary
1 February 1946 closes lunar 1945 month 12; lunar 1946 month 1 begins 2 February 1946.

Lunar-year structure

Two lunar years meet here

Lunar 1945

12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.

Lunar 1946

12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.

The Moon this month · UTC+8

February 1946 moon phases

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  1. New moon

    Lunar 1/1

  2. First quarter

    Lunar 1/8

  3. Full moon

    Lunar 1/15

  4. Last quarter

    Lunar 1/23

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 February 1946

  • 2 February 1946 — lunar 1945 month 12 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1946 month 1 opens.
  • 4 February 1946 at 18:03:53 UTC+8Beginning of Spring, 立春 Lìchūn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
  • 19 February 1946 at 14:08:30 UTC+8Rain Water, 雨水 Yǔshuǐ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
  • 2 February 1946the first day of lunar month 1.
  • 16 February 1946lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 1, which falls near the full moon.
  • 1 February 1946Lunar New Year's Eve, lunar 12/30. The last day of the twelfth lunar month, which can be day 29 or day 30.
  • 2 February 1946Chinese New Year, lunar 1/1. The first day of the first lunar month and the opening of a new lunar year.
  • 16 February 1946Lantern Festival, lunar 1/15. The fifteenth day of the first lunar month, near the first full moon of the new year.

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