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January 1978 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Laba Festival: 16 Jan. New moon: 9 Jan. Full moon: 24 Jan. Minor Cold: 6 Jan. Major Cold: 20 Jan.
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Lunar 1977 month 11 into 1977 month 12 · Yin Fire Snake 丁巳 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Water Ox · 癸丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 6 at 00:43:12 UTC+8; Major Cold · 20 at 18:03:59 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 8 January 1978 closes lunar 1977 month 11; lunar 1977 month 12 begins 9 January 1978.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1977
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
January 1978 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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11/22癸亥Water Pig211/23甲子Wood Rat311/24乙丑Wood Ox411/25丙寅Fire Tiger511/26丁卯Fire Rabbit611/27戊辰Earth DragonMinor Cold711/28己巳Earth Snake11/29庚午Metal Horse912/1辛未Metal GoatLunar month opens1012/2壬申Water Monkey1112/3癸酉Water Rooster1212/4甲戌Wood Dog1312/5乙亥Wood Pig1412/6丙子Fire Rat12/7丁丑Fire Ox12/8戊寅Earth Tiger1712/9己卯Earth Rabbit1812/10庚辰Metal Dragon1912/11辛巳Metal Snake2012/12壬午Water HorseMajor Cold2112/13癸未Water Goat12/14甲申Wood Monkey2312/15乙酉Wood RoosterLunar mid-month2412/16丙戌Fire Dog2512/17丁亥Fire Pig2612/18戊子Earth Rat2712/19己丑Earth Ox2812/20庚寅Metal Tiger12/21辛卯Metal Rabbit3012/22壬辰Water Dragon3112/23癸巳Water SnakeThe Moon this month · UTC+8
January 1978 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 11/23
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/8
Full moon
Lunar 12/16
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 January 1978
- 9 January 1978 — lunar 1977 month 11 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1977 month 12 opens.
- 6 January 1978 at 00:43:12 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 January 1978 at 18:03:59 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 9 January 1978 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 23 January 1978 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 12, which falls near the full moon.
- 16 January 1978 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.