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March 1961 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 1 / 2. Lantern Festival: 1 Mar. Full moon: 2 Mar. New moon: 17 Mar. Awakening of Insects: 6 Mar. Spring Equinox: 21 Mar.
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Lunar 1961 month 1 into 1961 month 2 · Yin Metal Ox 辛丑 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Metal Rabbit · 辛卯
- Solar terms
- Awakening of Insects · 6 at 03:34:39 UTC+8; Spring Equinox · 21 at 04:32:04 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 16 March 1961 closes lunar 1961 month 1; lunar 1961 month 2 begins 17 March 1961.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1961
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
March 1961 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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1/15癸巳Water SnakeLunar mid-month21/16甲午Wood Horse31/17乙未Wood Goat41/18丙申Fire Monkey1/19丁酉Fire Rooster61/20戊戌Earth DogAwakening of Insects71/21己亥Earth Pig81/22庚子Metal Rat91/23辛丑Metal Ox101/24壬寅Water Tiger111/25癸卯Water Rabbit1/26甲辰Wood Dragon131/27乙巳Wood Snake141/28丙午Fire Horse151/29丁未Fire Goat161/30戊申Earth Monkey172/1己酉Earth RoosterLunar month opens182/2庚戌Metal Dog2/3辛亥Metal Pig202/4壬子Water Rat212/5癸丑Water OxSpring Equinox222/6甲寅Wood Tiger232/7乙卯Wood Rabbit242/8丙辰Fire Dragon252/9丁巳Fire Snake2/10戊午Earth Horse272/11己未Earth Goat282/12庚申Metal Monkey292/13辛酉Metal Rooster302/14壬戌Water Dog312/15癸亥Water PigLunar mid-monthThe Moon this month · UTC+8
March 1961 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 1/16
Last quarter
Lunar 1/24
New moon
Lunar 2/1
First quarter
Lunar 2/8
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 March 1961
- 17 March 1961 — lunar 1961 month 1 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1961 month 2 opens.
- 6 March 1961 at 03:34:39 UTC+8 — Awakening of Insects, 惊蛰 Jīngzhé, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 March 1961 at 04:32:04 UTC+8 — Spring Equinox, 春分 Chūnfēn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 1 March 1961 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 1, which falls near the full moon.
- 17 March 1961 — the first day of lunar month 2.
- 31 March 1961 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 2, which falls near the full moon.
- 1 March 1961 — Lantern Festival, lunar 1/15. The fifteenth day of the first lunar month, near the first full moon of the new year.