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January 1981 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Laba Festival: 13 Jan. New moon: 6 Jan. Full moon: 20 Jan. Minor Cold: 5 Jan. Major Cold: 20 Jan.
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Lunar 1980 month 11 into 1980 month 12 · Yang Metal Monkey 庚申 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Earth Ox · 己丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 5 at 18:12:38 UTC+8; Major Cold · 20 at 11:35:58 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 5 January 1981 closes lunar 1980 month 11; lunar 1980 month 12 begins 6 January 1981.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1980
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
January 1981 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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111/26己卯Earth Rabbit211/27庚辰Metal Dragon311/28辛巳Metal Snake11/29壬午Water Horse511/30癸未Water GoatMinor Cold612/1甲申Wood MonkeyLunar month opens712/2乙酉Wood Rooster812/3丙戌Fire Dog912/4丁亥Fire Pig1012/5戊子Earth Rat12/6己丑Earth Ox1212/7庚寅Metal Tiger12/8辛卯Metal Rabbit1412/9壬辰Water Dragon1512/10癸巳Water Snake1612/11甲午Wood Horse1712/12乙未Wood Goat12/13丙申Fire Monkey1912/14丁酉Fire Rooster2012/15戊戌Earth DogLunar mid-monthMajor Cold2112/16己亥Earth Pig2212/17庚子Metal Rat2312/18辛丑Metal Ox2412/19壬寅Water Tiger12/20癸卯Water Rabbit2612/21甲辰Wood Dragon2712/22乙巳Wood Snake2812/23丙午Fire Horse2912/24丁未Fire Goat3012/25戊申Earth Monkey3112/26己酉Earth RoosterThe Moon this month · UTC+8
January 1981 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/8
Full moon
Lunar 12/15
Last quarter
Lunar 12/23
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 1981
- 6 January 1981 — lunar 1980 month 11 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1980 month 12 opens.
- 5 January 1981 at 18:12:38 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 January 1981 at 11:35:58 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 6 January 1981 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 20 January 1981 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 12, which falls near the full moon.
- 13 January 1981 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.