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March 1996 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 1 / 2. Lantern Festival: 4 Mar. Full moon: 5 Mar. New moon: 19 Mar. Awakening of Insects: 5 Mar. Spring Equinox: 20 Mar.
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Lunar 1996 month 1 into 1996 month 2 · Yang Fire Rat 丙子 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Metal Rabbit · 辛卯
- Solar terms
- Awakening of Insects · 5 at 15:09:39 UTC+8; Spring Equinox · 20 at 16:03:04 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 18 March 1996 closes lunar 1996 month 1; lunar 1996 month 2 begins 19 March 1996.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1996
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
March 1996 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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11/12丁酉Fire Rooster21/13戊戌Earth Dog1/14己亥Earth Pig1/15庚子Metal RatLunar mid-month51/16辛丑Metal OxAwakening of Insects61/17壬寅Water Tiger71/18癸卯Water Rabbit81/19甲辰Wood Dragon91/20乙巳Wood Snake1/21丙午Fire Horse111/22丁未Fire Goat121/23戊申Earth Monkey131/24己酉Earth Rooster141/25庚戌Metal Dog151/26辛亥Metal Pig161/27壬子Water Rat1/28癸丑Water Ox181/29甲寅Wood Tiger192/1乙卯Wood RabbitLunar month opens202/2丙辰Fire DragonSpring Equinox212/3丁巳Fire Snake222/4戊午Earth Horse232/5己未Earth Goat2/6庚申Metal Monkey252/7辛酉Metal Rooster262/8壬戌Water Dog272/9癸亥Water Pig282/10甲子Wood Rat292/11乙丑Wood Ox302/12丙寅Fire Tiger2/13丁卯Fire RabbitThe Moon this month · UTC+8
March 1996 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 1/16
Last quarter
Lunar 1/24
New moon
Lunar 2/1
First quarter
Lunar 2/9
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 March 1996
- 19 March 1996 — lunar 1996 month 1 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1996 month 2 opens.
- 5 March 1996 at 15:09:39 UTC+8 — Awakening of Insects, 惊蛰 Jīngzhé, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 March 1996 at 16:03:04 UTC+8 — Spring Equinox, 春分 Chūnfēn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 4 March 1996 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 1, which falls near the full moon.
- 19 March 1996 — the first day of lunar month 2.
- 4 March 1996 — Lantern Festival, lunar 1/15. The fifteenth day of the first lunar month, near the first full moon of the new year.