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January 1983 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Laba Festival: 21 Jan. New moon: 14 Jan. Full moon: 29 Jan. Minor Cold: 6 Jan. Major Cold: 20 Jan.
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Lunar 1982 month 11 into 1982 month 12 · Yang Water Dog 壬戌 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Water Ox · 癸丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 6 at 05:58:42 UTC+8; Major Cold · 20 at 23:16:56 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 13 January 1983 closes lunar 1982 month 11; lunar 1982 month 12 begins 14 January 1983.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1982
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 4 (29 days).
January 1983 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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111/18己丑Earth Ox11/19庚寅Metal Tiger311/20辛卯Metal Rabbit411/21壬辰Water Dragon511/22癸巳Water Snake611/23甲午Wood HorseMinor Cold711/24乙未Wood Goat811/25丙申Fire Monkey11/26丁酉Fire Rooster1011/27戊戌Earth Dog1111/28己亥Earth Pig1211/29庚子Metal Rat1311/30辛丑Metal Ox1412/1壬寅Water TigerLunar month opens1512/2癸卯Water Rabbit12/3甲辰Wood Dragon1712/4乙巳Wood Snake1812/5丙午Fire Horse1912/6丁未Fire Goat2012/7戊申Earth MonkeyMajor Cold12/8己酉Earth Rooster2212/9庚戌Metal Dog12/10辛亥Metal Pig2412/11壬子Water Rat2512/12癸丑Water Ox2612/13甲寅Wood Tiger2712/14乙卯Wood Rabbit2812/15丙辰Fire DragonLunar mid-month2912/16丁巳Fire Snake12/17戊午Earth Horse3112/18己未Earth GoatThe Moon this month · UTC+8
January 1983 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 11/23
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/9
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 1983
- 14 January 1983 — lunar 1982 month 11 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1982 month 12 opens.
- 6 January 1983 at 05:58:42 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 January 1983 at 23:16:56 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 14 January 1983 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 28 January 1983 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 12, which falls near the full moon.
- 21 January 1983 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.