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January 1986 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Laba Festival: 17 Jan. New moon: 10 Jan. Full moon: 26 Jan. Minor Cold: 5 Jan. Major Cold: 20 Jan.
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Lunar 1985 month 11 into 1985 month 12 · Yin Wood Ox 乙丑 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Earth Ox · 己丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 5 at 23:28:02 UTC+8; Major Cold · 20 at 16:46:12 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 9 January 1986 closes lunar 1985 month 11; lunar 1985 month 12 begins 10 January 1986.
Lunar-year structure
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Lunar 1985
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
January 1986 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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111/21乙巳Wood Snake211/22丙午Fire Horse311/23丁未Fire Goat411/24戊申Earth Monkey11/25己酉Earth RoosterMinor Cold611/26庚戌Metal Dog711/27辛亥Metal Pig811/28壬子Water Rat911/29癸丑Water Ox1012/1甲寅Wood TigerLunar month opens1112/2乙卯Wood Rabbit12/3丙辰Fire Dragon1312/4丁巳Fire Snake1412/5戊午Earth Horse1512/6己未Earth Goat1612/7庚申Metal Monkey12/8辛酉Metal Rooster1812/9壬戌Water Dog12/10癸亥Water Pig2012/11甲子Wood RatMajor Cold2112/12乙丑Wood Ox2212/13丙寅Fire Tiger2312/14丁卯Fire Rabbit2412/15戊辰Earth DragonLunar mid-month2512/16己巳Earth Snake12/17庚午Metal Horse2712/18辛未Metal Goat2812/19壬申Water Monkey2912/20癸酉Water Rooster3012/21甲戌Wood Dog3112/22乙亥Wood PigThe Moon this month · UTC+8
January 1986 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 11/24
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/9
Full moon
Lunar 12/17
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 1986
- 10 January 1986 — lunar 1985 month 11 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1985 month 12 opens.
- 5 January 1986 at 23:28:02 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 January 1986 at 16:46:12 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 10 January 1986 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 24 January 1986 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 12, which falls near the full moon.
- 17 January 1986 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.