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January 1996 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Laba Festival: 27 Jan. Full moon: 6 Jan. New moon: 20 Jan. Minor Cold: 6 Jan. Major Cold: 21 Jan.
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Lunar 1995 month 11 into 1995 month 12 · Yin Wood Pig 乙亥 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Earth Ox · 己丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 6 at 09:31:27 UTC+8; Major Cold · 21 at 02:52:30 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 19 January 1996 closes lunar 1995 month 11; lunar 1995 month 12 begins 20 January 1996.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1995
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 8 (29 days).
January 1996 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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111/11丁酉Fire Rooster211/12戊戌Earth Dog311/13己亥Earth Pig411/14庚子Metal Rat511/15辛丑Metal OxLunar mid-month611/16壬寅Water TigerMinor Cold11/17癸卯Water Rabbit811/18甲辰Wood Dragon911/19乙巳Wood Snake1011/20丙午Fire Horse1111/21丁未Fire Goat1211/22戊申Earth Monkey1311/23己酉Earth Rooster11/24庚戌Metal Dog1511/25辛亥Metal Pig1611/26壬子Water Rat1711/27癸丑Water Ox1811/28甲寅Wood Tiger1911/29乙卯Wood Rabbit2012/1丙辰Fire DragonLunar month opens12/2丁巳Fire SnakeMajor Cold2212/3戊午Earth Horse2312/4己未Earth Goat2412/5庚申Metal Monkey2512/6辛酉Metal Rooster2612/7壬戌Water Dog12/8癸亥Water Pig12/9甲子Wood Rat2912/10乙丑Wood Ox3012/11丙寅Fire Tiger3112/12丁卯Fire RabbitThe Moon this month · UTC+8
January 1996 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 11/16
Last quarter
Lunar 11/24
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/8
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 1996
- 20 January 1996 — lunar 1995 month 11 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1995 month 12 opens.
- 6 January 1996 at 09:31:27 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 January 1996 at 02:52:30 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 5 January 1996 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 20 January 1996 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 27 January 1996 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.