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January 1982 Chinese lunar calendar

January 1982 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 12 / 1. Laba Festival: 2 Jan. Lunar New Year's Eve: 24 Jan. Chinese New Year: 25 Jan. Full moon: 10 Jan. New moon: 25 Jan. Minor Cold: 6 Jan. Major Cold: 20 Jan.

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Lunar 1981 month 12 into 1982 month 1 · Yin Metal Rooster 辛酉 year pillar at mid-month

Month pillar at mid-month
Yin Metal Ox · 辛丑
Solar terms
Minor Cold · 6 at 00:02:35 UTC+8; Major Cold · 20 at 17:30:53 UTC+8
Lunar boundary
24 January 1982 closes lunar 1981 month 12; lunar 1982 month 1 begins 25 January 1982.

Lunar-year structure

Two lunar years meet here

Lunar 1981

12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.

Lunar 1982

13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 4 (29 days).

The Moon this month · UTC+8

January 1982 moon phases

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  1. First quarter

    Lunar 12/9

  2. Full moon

    Lunar 12/16

  3. Last quarter

    Lunar 12/23

  4. New moon

    Lunar 1/1

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 1982

  • 25 January 1982 — lunar 1981 month 12 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1982 month 1 opens.
  • 6 January 1982 at 00:02:35 UTC+8Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
  • 20 January 1982 at 17:30:53 UTC+8Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
  • 9 January 1982lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 12, which falls near the full moon.
  • 25 January 1982the first day of lunar month 1.
  • 2 January 1982Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.
  • 24 January 1982Lunar New Year's Eve, lunar 12/30. The last day of the twelfth lunar month, which can be day 29 or day 30.
  • 25 January 1982Chinese New Year, lunar 1/1. The first day of the first lunar month and the opening of a new lunar year.

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