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January 1948 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Laba Festival: 18 Jan. New moon: 11 Jan. Full moon: 26 Jan. Minor Cold: 6 Jan. Major Cold: 21 Jan.
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Lunar 1947 month 11 into 1947 month 12 · Yin Fire Pig 丁亥 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Water Ox · 癸丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 6 at 18:00:13 UTC+8; Major Cold · 21 at 11:18:22 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 10 January 1948 closes lunar 1947 month 11; lunar 1947 month 12 begins 11 January 1948.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1947
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 2 (29 days).
January 1948 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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111/21乙酉Wood Rooster211/22丙戌Fire Dog311/23丁亥Fire Pig11/24戊子Earth Rat511/25己丑Earth Ox611/26庚寅Metal TigerMinor Cold711/27辛卯Metal Rabbit811/28壬辰Water Dragon911/29癸巳Water Snake1011/30甲午Wood Horse12/1乙未Wood GoatLunar month opens1212/2丙申Fire Monkey1312/3丁酉Fire Rooster1412/4戊戌Earth Dog1512/5己亥Earth Pig1612/6庚子Metal Rat1712/7辛丑Metal Ox12/8壬寅Water Tiger1912/9癸卯Water Rabbit2012/10甲辰Wood Dragon2112/11乙巳Wood SnakeMajor Cold2212/12丙午Fire Horse2312/13丁未Fire Goat2412/14戊申Earth Monkey12/15己酉Earth RoosterLunar mid-month2612/16庚戌Metal Dog2712/17辛亥Metal Pig2812/18壬子Water Rat2912/19癸丑Water Ox3012/20甲寅Wood Tiger3112/21乙卯Wood RabbitThe Moon this month · UTC+8
January 1948 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 11/23
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/9
Full moon
Lunar 12/16
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 1948
- 11 January 1948 — lunar 1947 month 11 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1947 month 12 opens.
- 6 January 1948 at 18:00:13 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 January 1948 at 11:18:22 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 11 January 1948 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 25 January 1948 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 12, which falls near the full moon.
- 18 January 1948 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.