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August 2006 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 7 / leap 7. Ghost Festival: 8 Aug. Full moon: 9 Aug. New moon: 24 Aug. Beginning of Autumn: 7 Aug. End of Heat: 23 Aug.
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Lunar 2006 month 7 into 2006 leap month 7 · Yang Fire Dog 丙戌 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Fire Monkey · 丙申
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Autumn · 7 at 23:40:47 UTC+8; End of Heat · 23 at 14:22:35 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 23 August 2006 closes lunar 2006 month 7; lunar 2006 leap month 7 begins 24 August 2006.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2006
13 lunar months · 385 days · leap month 7 (29 days).
August 2006 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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17/8壬戌Water Dog27/9癸亥Water Pig37/10甲子Wood Rat47/11乙丑Wood Ox57/12丙寅Fire Tiger7/13丁卯Fire Rabbit77/14戊辰Earth DragonBeginning of Autumn7/15己巳Earth SnakeLunar mid-month97/16庚午Metal Horse107/17辛未Metal Goat117/18壬申Water Monkey127/19癸酉Water Rooster7/20甲戌Wood Dog147/21乙亥Wood Pig157/22丙子Fire Rat167/23丁丑Fire Ox177/24戊寅Earth Tiger187/25己卯Earth Rabbit197/26庚辰Metal Dragon7/27辛巳Metal Snake217/28壬午Water Horse227/29癸未Water Goat237/30甲申Wood MonkeyEnd of Heat247/1乙酉Wood RoosterLunar month opens257/2丙戌Fire Dog267/3丁亥Fire Pig7/4戊子Earth Rat287/5己丑Earth Ox297/6庚寅Metal Tiger307/7辛卯Metal Rabbit317/8壬辰Water DragonThe Moon this month · UTC+8
August 2006 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 7/9
Full moon
Lunar 7/16
Last quarter
Lunar 7/23
New moon
Lunar leap 7/1
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 2006
- 24 August 2006 — lunar 2006 month 7 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2006 leap month 7 opens.
- 7 August 2006 at 23:40:47 UTC+8 — Beginning of Autumn, 立秋 Lìqiū, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 August 2006 at 14:22:35 UTC+8 — End of Heat, 处暑 Chǔshǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 8 August 2006 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 7, which falls near the full moon.
- 24 August 2006 — the first day of lunar month 7.
- 8 August 2006 — Ghost Festival, lunar 7/15. The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month.