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January 1954 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Laba Festival: 12 Jan. New moon: 5 Jan. Full moon: 19 Jan. Minor Cold: 6 Jan. Major Cold: 20 Jan.
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Lunar 1953 month 11 into 1953 month 12 · Yin Water Snake 癸巳 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Wood Ox · 乙丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 6 at 04:45:17 UTC+8; Major Cold · 20 at 22:11:01 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 4 January 1954 closes lunar 1953 month 11; lunar 1953 month 12 begins 5 January 1954.
Lunar-year structure
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Lunar 1953
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
January 1954 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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111/27丁巳Fire Snake211/28戊午Earth Horse11/29己未Earth Goat411/30庚申Metal Monkey512/1辛酉Metal RoosterLunar month opens612/2壬戌Water DogMinor Cold712/3癸亥Water Pig812/4甲子Wood Rat912/5乙丑Wood Ox12/6丙寅Fire Tiger1112/7丁卯Fire Rabbit12/8戊辰Earth Dragon1312/9己巳Earth Snake1412/10庚午Metal Horse1512/11辛未Metal Goat1612/12壬申Water Monkey12/13癸酉Water Rooster1812/14甲戌Wood Dog1912/15乙亥Wood PigLunar mid-month2012/16丙子Fire RatMajor Cold2112/17丁丑Fire Ox2212/18戊寅Earth Tiger2312/19己卯Earth Rabbit12/20庚辰Metal Dragon2512/21辛巳Metal Snake2612/22壬午Water Horse2712/23癸未Water Goat2812/24甲申Wood Monkey2912/25乙酉Wood Rooster3012/26丙戌Fire Dog12/27丁亥Fire PigThe Moon this month · UTC+8
January 1954 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/8
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 1954
- 5 January 1954 — lunar 1953 month 11 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1953 month 12 opens.
- 6 January 1954 at 04:45:17 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 January 1954 at 22:11:01 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 5 January 1954 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 19 January 1954 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 12, which falls near the full moon.
- 12 January 1954 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.