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January 1962 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Laba Festival: 13 Jan. New moon: 6 Jan. Full moon: 21 Jan. Minor Cold: 6 Jan. Major Cold: 20 Jan.
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Lunar 1961 month 11 into 1961 month 12 · Yin Metal Ox 辛丑 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Metal Ox · 辛丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 6 at 03:34:56 UTC+8; Major Cold · 20 at 20:57:53 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 5 January 1962 closes lunar 1961 month 11; lunar 1961 month 12 begins 6 January 1962.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1961
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
January 1962 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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111/25己亥Earth Pig211/26庚子Metal Rat311/27辛丑Metal Ox411/28壬寅Water Tiger511/29癸卯Water Rabbit612/1甲辰Wood DragonLunar month opensMinor Cold12/2乙巳Wood Snake812/3丙午Fire Horse912/4丁未Fire Goat1012/5戊申Earth Monkey1112/6己酉Earth Rooster1212/7庚戌Metal Dog12/8辛亥Metal Pig12/9壬子Water Rat1512/10癸丑Water Ox1612/11甲寅Wood Tiger1712/12乙卯Wood Rabbit1812/13丙辰Fire Dragon1912/14丁巳Fire Snake2012/15戊午Earth HorseLunar mid-monthMajor Cold12/16己未Earth Goat2212/17庚申Metal Monkey2312/18辛酉Metal Rooster2412/19壬戌Water Dog2512/20癸亥Water Pig2612/21甲子Wood Rat2712/22乙丑Wood Ox12/23丙寅Fire Tiger2912/24丁卯Fire Rabbit3012/25戊辰Earth Dragon3112/26己巳Earth SnakeThe Moon this month · UTC+8
January 1962 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/8
Full moon
Lunar 12/16
Last quarter
Lunar 12/24
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 1962
- 6 January 1962 — lunar 1961 month 11 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1961 month 12 opens.
- 6 January 1962 at 03:34:56 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 January 1962 at 20:57:53 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 6 January 1962 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 20 January 1962 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 12, which falls near the full moon.
- 13 January 1962 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.