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August 2005 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 6 / 7. Qixi: 11 Aug. Ghost Festival: 19 Aug. New moon: 5 Aug. Full moon: 20 Aug. Beginning of Autumn: 7 Aug. End of Heat: 23 Aug.
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Lunar 2005 month 6 into 2005 month 7 · Yin Wood Rooster 乙酉 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Wood Monkey · 甲申
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Autumn · 7 at 18:03:21 UTC+8; End of Heat · 23 at 08:45:27 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 4 August 2005 closes lunar 2005 month 6; lunar 2005 month 7 begins 5 August 2005.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2005
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
August 2005 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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16/27丁巳Fire Snake26/28戊午Earth Horse36/29己未Earth Goat46/30庚申Metal Monkey57/1辛酉Metal RoosterLunar month opens67/2壬戌Water Dog7/3癸亥Water PigBeginning of Autumn87/4甲子Wood Rat97/5乙丑Wood Ox107/6丙寅Fire Tiger7/7丁卯Fire Rabbit127/8戊辰Earth Dragon137/9己巳Earth Snake7/10庚午Metal Horse157/11辛未Metal Goat167/12壬申Water Monkey177/13癸酉Water Rooster187/14甲戌Wood Dog7/15乙亥Wood PigLunar mid-month207/16丙子Fire Rat7/17丁丑Fire Ox227/18戊寅Earth Tiger237/19己卯Earth RabbitEnd of Heat247/20庚辰Metal Dragon257/21辛巳Metal Snake267/22壬午Water Horse277/23癸未Water Goat7/24甲申Wood Monkey297/25乙酉Wood Rooster307/26丙戌Fire Dog317/27丁亥Fire PigThe Moon this month · UTC+8
August 2005 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 7/1
First quarter
Lunar 7/9
Full moon
Lunar 7/16
Last quarter
Lunar 7/22
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 August 2005
- 5 August 2005 — lunar 2005 month 6 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2005 month 7 opens.
- 7 August 2005 at 18:03:21 UTC+8 — Beginning of Autumn, 立秋 Lìqiū, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 August 2005 at 08:45:27 UTC+8 — End of Heat, 处暑 Chǔshǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 5 August 2005 — the first day of lunar month 7.
- 19 August 2005 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 7, which falls near the full moon.
- 11 August 2005 — Qixi, lunar 7/7. The seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the double-seventh.
- 19 August 2005 — Ghost Festival, lunar 7/15. The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month.