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January 1985 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Laba Festival: 28 Jan. Full moon: 7 Jan. New moon: 21 Jan. Minor Cold: 5 Jan. Major Cold: 20 Jan.
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Lunar 1984 month 11 into 1984 month 12 · Yang Wood Rat 甲子 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Fire Ox · 丁丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 5 at 17:35:05 UTC+8; Major Cold · 20 at 10:57:33 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 20 January 1985 closes lunar 1984 month 11; lunar 1984 month 12 begins 21 January 1985.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1984
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 10 (29 days).
January 1985 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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111/11庚子Metal Rat211/12辛丑Metal Ox311/13壬寅Water Tiger411/14癸卯Water Rabbit511/15甲辰Wood DragonLunar mid-monthMinor Cold11/16乙巳Wood Snake711/17丙午Fire Horse811/18丁未Fire Goat911/19戊申Earth Monkey1011/20己酉Earth Rooster1111/21庚戌Metal Dog1211/22辛亥Metal Pig11/23壬子Water Rat1411/24癸丑Water Ox1511/25甲寅Wood Tiger1611/26乙卯Wood Rabbit1711/27丙辰Fire Dragon1811/28丁巳Fire Snake1911/29戊午Earth Horse11/30己未Earth GoatMajor Cold2112/1庚申Metal MonkeyLunar month opens2212/2辛酉Metal Rooster2312/3壬戌Water Dog2412/4癸亥Water Pig2512/5甲子Wood Rat2612/6乙丑Wood Ox12/7丙寅Fire Tiger12/8丁卯Fire Rabbit2912/9戊辰Earth Dragon3012/10己巳Earth Snake3112/11庚午Metal HorseThe Moon this month · UTC+8
January 1985 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 11/17
Last quarter
Lunar 11/24
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/9
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 1985
- 21 January 1985 — lunar 1984 month 11 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1984 month 12 opens.
- 5 January 1985 at 17:35:05 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 January 1985 at 10:57:33 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 5 January 1985 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 21 January 1985 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 28 January 1985 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.