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January 1956 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Laba Festival: 20 Jan. New moon: 13 Jan. Full moon: 27 Jan. Minor Cold: 6 Jan. Major Cold: 21 Jan.
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Lunar 1955 month 11 into 1955 month 12 · Yin Wood Goat 乙未 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Earth Ox · 己丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 6 at 16:30:17 UTC+8; Major Cold · 21 at 09:48:16 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 12 January 1956 closes lunar 1955 month 11; lunar 1955 month 12 begins 13 January 1956.
Lunar-year structure
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Lunar 1955
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 3 (30 days).
January 1956 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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11/19丁卯Fire Rabbit211/20戊辰Earth Dragon311/21己巳Earth Snake411/22庚午Metal Horse511/23辛未Metal Goat611/24壬申Water MonkeyMinor Cold711/25癸酉Water Rooster11/26甲戌Wood Dog911/27乙亥Wood Pig1011/28丙子Fire Rat1111/29丁丑Fire Ox1211/30戊寅Earth Tiger1312/1己卯Earth RabbitLunar month opens1412/2庚辰Metal Dragon12/3辛巳Metal Snake1612/4壬午Water Horse1712/5癸未Water Goat1812/6甲申Wood Monkey1912/7乙酉Wood Rooster12/8丙戌Fire Dog2112/9丁亥Fire PigMajor Cold12/10戊子Earth Rat2312/11己丑Earth Ox2412/12庚寅Metal Tiger2512/13辛卯Metal Rabbit2612/14壬辰Water Dragon2712/15癸巳Water SnakeLunar mid-month2812/16甲午Wood Horse12/17乙未Wood Goat3012/18丙申Fire Monkey3112/19丁酉Fire RoosterThe Moon this month · UTC+8
January 1956 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 11/23
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/9
Full moon
Lunar 12/15
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 1956
- 13 January 1956 — lunar 1955 month 11 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1955 month 12 opens.
- 6 January 1956 at 16:30:17 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 January 1956 at 09:48:16 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 13 January 1956 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 27 January 1956 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 12, which falls near the full moon.
- 20 January 1956 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.