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June 1961 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 4 / 5. Dragon Boat Festival: 17 Jun. New moon: 13 Jun. Full moon: 28 Jun. Grain in Ear: 6 Jun. Summer Solstice: 21 Jun.
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Lunar 1961 month 4 into 1961 month 5 · Yin Metal Ox 辛丑 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Wood Horse · 甲午
- Solar terms
- Grain in Ear · 6 at 06:46:00 UTC+8; Summer Solstice · 21 at 23:30:04 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 12 June 1961 closes lunar 1961 month 4; lunar 1961 month 5 begins 13 June 1961.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1961
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
June 1961 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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14/18乙丑Wood Ox24/19丙寅Fire Tiger34/20丁卯Fire Rabbit4/21戊辰Earth Dragon54/22己巳Earth Snake64/23庚午Metal HorseGrain in Ear74/24辛未Metal Goat84/25壬申Water Monkey94/26癸酉Water Rooster104/27甲戌Wood Dog4/28乙亥Wood Pig124/29丙子Fire Rat135/1丁丑Fire OxLunar month opens145/2戊寅Earth Tiger155/3己卯Earth Rabbit165/4庚辰Metal Dragon5/5辛巳Metal Snake5/6壬午Water Horse195/7癸未Water Goat205/8甲申Wood Monkey215/9乙酉Wood RoosterSummer Solstice225/10丙戌Fire Dog235/11丁亥Fire Pig245/12戊子Earth Rat5/13己丑Earth Ox265/14庚寅Metal Tiger275/15辛卯Metal RabbitLunar mid-month285/16壬辰Water Dragon295/17癸巳Water Snake305/18甲午Wood HorseThe Moon this month · UTC+8
June 1961 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 4/23
New moon
Lunar 5/1
First quarter
Lunar 5/9
Full moon
Lunar 5/16
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 June 1961
- 13 June 1961 — lunar 1961 month 4 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1961 month 5 opens.
- 6 June 1961 at 06:46:00 UTC+8 — Grain in Ear, 芒种 Mángzhòng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 June 1961 at 23:30:04 UTC+8 — Summer Solstice, 夏至 Xiàzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 13 June 1961 — the first day of lunar month 5.
- 27 June 1961 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 5, which falls near the full moon.
- 17 June 1961 — Dragon Boat Festival, lunar 5/5. The fifth day of the fifth lunar month, often called the double-fifth.