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August 1961 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 6 / 7. Qixi: 17 Aug. Ghost Festival: 25 Aug. New moon: 11 Aug. Full moon: 26 Aug. Beginning of Autumn: 8 Aug. End of Heat: 23 Aug.
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Lunar 1961 month 6 into 1961 month 7 · Yin Metal Ox 辛丑 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Fire Monkey · 丙申
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Autumn · 8 at 02:48:19 UTC+8; End of Heat · 23 at 17:18:30 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 10 August 1961 closes lunar 1961 month 6; lunar 1961 month 7 begins 11 August 1961.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1961
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
August 1961 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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16/20丙寅Fire Tiger26/21丁卯Fire Rabbit36/22戊辰Earth Dragon46/23己巳Earth Snake56/24庚午Metal Horse6/25辛未Metal Goat76/26壬申Water Monkey86/27癸酉Water RoosterBeginning of Autumn96/28甲戌Wood Dog106/29乙亥Wood Pig117/1丙子Fire RatLunar month opens127/2丁丑Fire Ox7/3戊寅Earth Tiger147/4己卯Earth Rabbit157/5庚辰Metal Dragon167/6辛巳Metal Snake7/7壬午Water Horse187/8癸未Water Goat197/9甲申Wood Monkey7/10乙酉Wood Rooster217/11丙戌Fire Dog227/12丁亥Fire Pig237/13戊子Earth RatEnd of Heat247/14己丑Earth Ox7/15庚寅Metal TigerLunar mid-month267/16辛卯Metal Rabbit7/17壬辰Water Dragon287/18癸巳Water Snake297/19甲午Wood Horse307/20乙未Wood Goat317/21丙申Fire MonkeyThe Moon this month · UTC+8
August 1961 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 6/22
New moon
Lunar 7/1
First quarter
Lunar 7/9
Full moon
Lunar 7/16
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 August 1961
- 11 August 1961 — lunar 1961 month 6 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1961 month 7 opens.
- 8 August 1961 at 02:48:19 UTC+8 — Beginning of Autumn, 立秋 Lìqiū, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 August 1961 at 17:18:30 UTC+8 — End of Heat, 处暑 Chǔshǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 11 August 1961 — the first day of lunar month 7.
- 25 August 1961 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 7, which falls near the full moon.
- 17 August 1961 — Qixi, lunar 7/7. The seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the double-seventh.
- 25 August 1961 — Ghost Festival, lunar 7/15. The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month.