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October 1956 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 8 / 9. Double Ninth Festival: 12 Oct. New moon: 4 Oct. Full moon: 20 Oct. Cold Dew: 8 Oct. Frost's Descent: 23 Oct.
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Lunar 1956 month 8 into 1956 month 9 · Yang Fire Monkey 丙申 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Earth Dog · 戊戌
- Solar terms
- Cold Dew · 8 at 15:35:53 UTC+8; Frost's Descent · 23 at 18:34:19 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 3 October 1956 closes lunar 1956 month 8; lunar 1956 month 9 begins 4 October 1956.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1956
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
October 1956 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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18/27辛丑Metal Ox28/28壬寅Water Tiger38/29癸卯Water Rabbit49/1甲辰Wood DragonLunar month opens59/2乙巳Wood Snake69/3丙午Fire Horse9/4丁未Fire Goat89/5戊申Earth MonkeyCold Dew99/6己酉Earth Rooster109/7庚戌Metal Dog119/8辛亥Metal Pig9/9壬子Water Rat139/10癸丑Water Ox9/11甲寅Wood Tiger159/12乙卯Wood Rabbit169/13丙辰Fire Dragon179/14丁巳Fire Snake189/15戊午Earth HorseLunar mid-month199/16己未Earth Goat209/17庚申Metal Monkey9/18辛酉Metal Rooster229/19壬戌Water Dog239/20癸亥Water PigFrost's Descent249/21甲子Wood Rat259/22乙丑Wood Ox269/23丙寅Fire Tiger279/24丁卯Fire Rabbit9/25戊辰Earth Dragon299/26己巳Earth Snake309/27庚午Metal Horse319/28辛未Metal GoatThe Moon this month · UTC+8
October 1956 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 9/1
First quarter
Lunar 9/9
Full moon
Lunar 9/17
Last quarter
Lunar 9/24
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 October 1956
- 4 October 1956 — lunar 1956 month 8 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1956 month 9 opens.
- 8 October 1956 at 15:35:53 UTC+8 — Cold Dew, 寒露 Hánlù, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 October 1956 at 18:34:19 UTC+8 — Frost's Descent, 霜降 Shuāngjiàng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 4 October 1956 — the first day of lunar month 9.
- 18 October 1956 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 9, which falls near the full moon.
- 12 October 1956 — Double Ninth Festival, lunar 9/9. The ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the double-ninth.