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January 2003 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Laba Festival: 10 Jan. Lunar New Year's Eve: 31 Jan. New moon: 3 Jan. Full moon: 18 Jan. Minor Cold: 6 Jan. Major Cold: 20 Jan.
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Lunar 2002 month 11 into 2002 month 12 · Yang Water Horse 壬午 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Water Ox · 癸丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 6 at 02:27:43 UTC+8; Major Cold · 20 at 19:52:35 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 2 January 2003 closes lunar 2002 month 11; lunar 2002 month 12 begins 3 January 2003.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2002
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
January 2003 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
January 2003 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/8
Full moon
Lunar 12/16
Last quarter
Lunar 12/23
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 2003
- 3 January 2003 — lunar 2002 month 11 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2002 month 12 opens.
- 6 January 2003 at 02:27:43 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 January 2003 at 19:52:35 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 3 January 2003 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 17 January 2003 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 12, which falls near the full moon.
- 10 January 2003 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.
- 31 January 2003 — Lunar New Year's Eve, lunar 12/29. The last day of the twelfth lunar month, which can be day 29 or day 30.