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March 1973 Chinese lunar calendar

March 1973 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 1 / 2. New moon: 5 Mar. Full moon: 19 Mar. Awakening of Insects: 6 Mar. Spring Equinox: 21 Mar.

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Lunar 1973 month 1 into 1973 month 2 · Yin Water Ox 癸丑 year pillar at mid-month

Month pillar at mid-month: Yin Wood Rabbit · 乙卯
Solar terms: Awakening of Insects · 6 at 01:12:36 UTC+8; Spring Equinox · 21 at 02:12:26 UTC+8
Lunar boundary: 4 March 1973 closes lunar 1973 month 1; lunar 1973 month 2 begins 5 March 1973.

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Boundaries & marked days

5 March 1973 — lunar 1973 month 1 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1973 month 2 opens.
6 March 1973 at 01:12:36 UTC+8 — Awakening of Insects, 惊蛰 Jīngzhé, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
21 March 1973 at 02:12:26 UTC+8 — Spring Equinox, 春分 Chūnfēn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
5 March 1973 — the first day of lunar month 2.
19 March 1973 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 2, which falls near the full moon.