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October 2005 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 8 / 9. Double Ninth Festival: 11 Oct. New moon: 3 Oct. Full moon: 17 Oct. Cold Dew: 8 Oct. Frost's Descent: 23 Oct.
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Lunar 2005 month 8 into 2005 month 9 · Yin Wood Rooster 乙酉 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Fire Dog · 丙戌
- Solar terms
- Cold Dew · 8 at 12:33:18 UTC+8; Frost's Descent · 23 at 15:42:20 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 2 October 2005 closes lunar 2005 month 8; lunar 2005 month 9 begins 3 October 2005.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2005
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
October 2005 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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18/28戊午Earth Horse8/29己未Earth Goat39/1庚申Metal MonkeyLunar month opens49/2辛酉Metal Rooster59/3壬戌Water Dog69/4癸亥Water Pig79/5甲子Wood Rat89/6乙丑Wood OxCold Dew9/7丙寅Fire Tiger109/8丁卯Fire Rabbit9/9戊辰Earth Dragon129/10己巳Earth Snake139/11庚午Metal Horse149/12辛未Metal Goat159/13壬申Water Monkey9/14癸酉Water Rooster179/15甲戌Wood DogLunar mid-month189/16乙亥Wood Pig199/17丙子Fire Rat209/18丁丑Fire Ox219/19戊寅Earth Tiger229/20己卯Earth Rabbit9/21庚辰Metal DragonFrost's Descent249/22辛巳Metal Snake259/23壬午Water Horse269/24癸未Water Goat279/25甲申Wood Monkey289/26乙酉Wood Rooster299/27丙戌Fire Dog9/28丁亥Fire Pig319/29戊子Earth RatThe Moon this month · UTC+8
October 2005 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 9/1
First quarter
Lunar 9/9
Full moon
Lunar 9/15
Last quarter
Lunar 9/23
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 October 2005
- 3 October 2005 — lunar 2005 month 8 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2005 month 9 opens.
- 8 October 2005 at 12:33:18 UTC+8 — Cold Dew, 寒露 Hánlù, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 October 2005 at 15:42:20 UTC+8 — Frost's Descent, 霜降 Shuāngjiàng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 3 October 2005 — the first day of lunar month 9.
- 17 October 2005 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 9, which falls near the full moon.
- 11 October 2005 — Double Ninth Festival, lunar 9/9. The ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the double-ninth.