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January 1997 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Laba Festival: 16 Jan. New moon: 9 Jan. Full moon: 23 Jan. Minor Cold: 5 Jan. Major Cold: 20 Jan.
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Lunar 1996 month 11 into 1996 month 12 · Yang Fire Rat 丙子 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Metal Ox · 辛丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 5 at 15:24:28 UTC+8; Major Cold · 20 at 08:42:31 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 8 January 1997 closes lunar 1996 month 11; lunar 1996 month 12 begins 9 January 1997.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1996
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
January 1997 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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111/22癸卯Water Rabbit211/23甲辰Wood Dragon311/24乙巳Wood Snake411/25丙午Fire Horse11/26丁未Fire GoatMinor Cold611/27戊申Earth Monkey711/28己酉Earth Rooster811/29庚戌Metal Dog912/1辛亥Metal PigLunar month opens1012/2壬子Water Rat1112/3癸丑Water Ox12/4甲寅Wood Tiger1312/5乙卯Wood Rabbit1412/6丙辰Fire Dragon1512/7丁巳Fire Snake12/8戊午Earth Horse1712/9己未Earth Goat1812/10庚申Metal Monkey12/11辛酉Metal Rooster2012/12壬戌Water DogMajor Cold2112/13癸亥Water Pig2212/14甲子Wood Rat2312/15乙丑Wood OxLunar mid-month2412/16丙寅Fire Tiger2512/17丁卯Fire Rabbit12/18戊辰Earth Dragon2712/19己巳Earth Snake2812/20庚午Metal Horse2912/21辛未Metal Goat3012/22壬申Water Monkey3112/23癸酉Water RoosterThe Moon this month · UTC+8
January 1997 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 11/23
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/8
Full moon
Lunar 12/15
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 1997
- 9 January 1997 — lunar 1996 month 11 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1996 month 12 opens.
- 5 January 1997 at 15:24:28 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 January 1997 at 08:42:31 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 9 January 1997 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 23 January 1997 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 12, which falls near the full moon.
- 16 January 1997 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.