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January 1974 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 12 / 1. Lunar New Year's Eve: 22 Jan. Chinese New Year: 23 Jan. Full moon: 8 Jan. New moon: 23 Jan. Minor Cold: 6 Jan. Major Cold: 20 Jan.
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Lunar 1973 month 12 into 1974 month 1 · Yin Water Ox 癸丑 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Wood Ox · 乙丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 6 at 01:19:55 UTC+8; Major Cold · 20 at 18:45:40 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 22 January 1974 closes lunar 1973 month 12; lunar 1974 month 1 begins 23 January 1974.
Lunar-year structure
Two lunar years meet here
Lunar 1973
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
Lunar 1974
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 4 (29 days).
January 1974 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
January 1974 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 12/10
Full moon
Lunar 12/16
Last quarter
Lunar 12/23
New moon
Lunar 1/1
First quarter
Lunar 1/9
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 1974
- 23 January 1974 — lunar 1973 month 12 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1974 month 1 opens.
- 6 January 1974 at 01:19:55 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 January 1974 at 18:45:40 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 7 January 1974 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 12, which falls near the full moon.
- 23 January 1974 — the first day of lunar month 1.
- 22 January 1974 — Lunar New Year's Eve, lunar 12/30. The last day of the twelfth lunar month, which can be day 29 or day 30.
- 23 January 1974 — Chinese New Year, lunar 1/1. The first day of the first lunar month and the opening of a new lunar year.