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January 2005 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Laba Festival: 17 Jan. New moon: 10 Jan. Full moon: 25 Jan. Minor Cold: 5 Jan. Major Cold: 20 Jan.
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Lunar 2004 month 11 into 2004 month 12 · Yang Wood Monkey 甲申 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Fire Ox · 丁丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 5 at 14:02:59 UTC+8; Major Cold · 20 at 07:21:34 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 9 January 2005 closes lunar 2004 month 11; lunar 2004 month 12 begins 10 January 2005.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2004
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 2 (29 days).
January 2005 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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111/21乙酉Wood Rooster11/22丙戌Fire Dog311/23丁亥Fire Pig411/24戊子Earth Rat511/25己丑Earth OxMinor Cold611/26庚寅Metal Tiger711/27辛卯Metal Rabbit811/28壬辰Water Dragon11/29癸巳Water Snake1012/1甲午Wood HorseLunar month opens1112/2乙未Wood Goat1212/3丙申Fire Monkey1312/4丁酉Fire Rooster1412/5戊戌Earth Dog1512/6己亥Earth Pig12/7庚子Metal Rat12/8辛丑Metal Ox1812/9壬寅Water Tiger1912/10癸卯Water Rabbit2012/11甲辰Wood DragonMajor Cold2112/12乙巳Wood Snake2212/13丙午Fire Horse12/14丁未Fire Goat2412/15戊申Earth MonkeyLunar mid-month2512/16己酉Earth Rooster2612/17庚戌Metal Dog2712/18辛亥Metal Pig2812/19壬子Water Rat2912/20癸丑Water Ox12/21甲寅Wood Tiger3112/22乙卯Wood RabbitThe Moon this month · UTC+8
January 2005 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 11/24
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/8
Full moon
Lunar 12/16
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 2005
- 10 January 2005 — lunar 2004 month 11 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2004 month 12 opens.
- 5 January 2005 at 14:02:59 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 January 2005 at 07:21:34 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 10 January 2005 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 24 January 2005 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 12, which falls near the full moon.
- 17 January 2005 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.