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October 1961 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 8 / 9. Double Ninth Festival: 18 Oct. New moon: 10 Oct. Full moon: 24 Oct. Cold Dew: 8 Oct. Frost's Descent: 23 Oct.
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Lunar 1961 month 8 into 1961 month 9 · Yin Metal Ox 辛丑 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Earth Dog · 戊戌
- Solar terms
- Cold Dew · 8 at 20:50:56 UTC+8; Frost's Descent · 23 at 23:47:21 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 9 October 1961 closes lunar 1961 month 8; lunar 1961 month 9 begins 10 October 1961.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1961
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
October 1961 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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8/22丁卯Fire Rabbit28/23戊辰Earth Dragon38/24己巳Earth Snake48/25庚午Metal Horse58/26辛未Metal Goat68/27壬申Water Monkey78/28癸酉Water Rooster8/29甲戌Wood DogCold Dew98/30乙亥Wood Pig109/1丙子Fire RatLunar month opens119/2丁丑Fire Ox129/3戊寅Earth Tiger139/4己卯Earth Rabbit149/5庚辰Metal Dragon9/6辛巳Metal Snake169/7壬午Water Horse179/8癸未Water Goat9/9甲申Wood Monkey199/10乙酉Wood Rooster209/11丙戌Fire Dog219/12丁亥Fire Pig9/13戊子Earth Rat239/14己丑Earth OxFrost's Descent249/15庚寅Metal TigerLunar mid-month259/16辛卯Metal Rabbit269/17壬辰Water Dragon279/18癸巳Water Snake289/19甲午Wood Horse9/20乙未Wood Goat309/21丙申Fire Monkey319/22丁酉Fire RoosterThe Moon this month · UTC+8
October 1961 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 8/22
New moon
Lunar 9/1
First quarter
Lunar 9/8
Full moon
Lunar 9/15
Last quarter
Lunar 9/22
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 1961
- 10 October 1961 — lunar 1961 month 8 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1961 month 9 opens.
- 8 October 1961 at 20:50:56 UTC+8 — Cold Dew, 寒露 Hánlù, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 October 1961 at 23:47:21 UTC+8 — Frost's Descent, 霜降 Shuāngjiàng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 10 October 1961 — the first day of lunar month 9.
- 24 October 1961 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 9, which falls near the full moon.
- 18 October 1961 — Double Ninth Festival, lunar 9/9. The ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the double-ninth.