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January 2002 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Laba Festival: 20 Jan. New moon: 13 Jan. Full moon: 29 Jan. Minor Cold: 5 Jan. Major Cold: 20 Jan.
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Lunar 2001 month 11 into 2001 month 12 · Yin Metal Snake 辛巳 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Metal Ox · 辛丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 5 at 20:43:30 UTC+8; Major Cold · 20 at 14:02:01 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 12 January 2002 closes lunar 2001 month 11; lunar 2001 month 12 begins 13 January 2002.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2001
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 4 (29 days).
January 2002 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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111/18己巳Earth Snake211/19庚午Metal Horse311/20辛未Metal Goat411/21壬申Water Monkey511/22癸酉Water RoosterMinor Cold11/23甲戌Wood Dog711/24乙亥Wood Pig811/25丙子Fire Rat911/26丁丑Fire Ox1011/27戊寅Earth Tiger1111/28己卯Earth Rabbit1211/29庚辰Metal Dragon12/1辛巳Metal SnakeLunar month opens1412/2壬午Water Horse1512/3癸未Water Goat1612/4甲申Wood Monkey1712/5乙酉Wood Rooster1812/6丙戌Fire Dog1912/7丁亥Fire Pig12/8戊子Earth RatMajor Cold2112/9己丑Earth Ox2212/10庚寅Metal Tiger2312/11辛卯Metal Rabbit2412/12壬辰Water Dragon2512/13癸巳Water Snake2612/14甲午Wood Horse12/15乙未Wood GoatLunar mid-month2812/16丙申Fire Monkey2912/17丁酉Fire Rooster3012/18戊戌Earth Dog3112/19己亥Earth PigThe Moon this month · UTC+8
January 2002 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 11/23
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/10
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 2002
- 13 January 2002 — lunar 2001 month 11 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2001 month 12 opens.
- 5 January 2002 at 20:43:30 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 January 2002 at 14:02:01 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 13 January 2002 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 27 January 2002 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 12, which falls near the full moon.
- 20 January 2002 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.