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January 1961 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Laba Festival: 24 Jan. Full moon: 2 Jan. New moon: 17 Jan. Minor Cold: 5 Jan. Major Cold: 20 Jan.
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Lunar 1960 month 11 into 1960 month 12 · Yang Metal Rat 庚子 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Earth Ox · 己丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 5 at 21:42:36 UTC+8; Major Cold · 20 at 15:01:06 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 16 January 1961 closes lunar 1960 month 11; lunar 1960 month 12 begins 17 January 1961.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1960
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 6 (29 days).
January 1961 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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11/15甲午Wood HorseLunar mid-month211/16乙未Wood Goat311/17丙申Fire Monkey411/18丁酉Fire Rooster511/19戊戌Earth DogMinor Cold611/20己亥Earth Pig711/21庚子Metal Rat11/22辛丑Metal Ox911/23壬寅Water Tiger1011/24癸卯Water Rabbit1111/25甲辰Wood Dragon1211/26乙巳Wood Snake1311/27丙午Fire Horse1411/28丁未Fire Goat11/29戊申Earth Monkey1611/30己酉Earth Rooster1712/1庚戌Metal DogLunar month opens1812/2辛亥Metal Pig1912/3壬子Water Rat2012/4癸丑Water OxMajor Cold2112/5甲寅Wood Tiger12/6乙卯Wood Rabbit2312/7丙辰Fire Dragon12/8丁巳Fire Snake2512/9戊午Earth Horse2612/10己未Earth Goat2712/11庚申Metal Monkey2812/12辛酉Metal Rooster12/13壬戌Water Dog3012/14癸亥Water Pig3112/15甲子Wood RatLunar mid-monthThe Moon this month · UTC+8
January 1961 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 11/16
Last quarter
Lunar 11/24
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/8
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 1961
- 17 January 1961 — lunar 1960 month 11 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1960 month 12 opens.
- 5 January 1961 at 21:42:36 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 January 1961 at 15:01:06 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 1 January 1961 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 17 January 1961 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 31 January 1961 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 12, which falls near the full moon.
- 24 January 1961 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.