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January 2012 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 12 / 1. Laba Festival: 1 Jan. Lunar New Year's Eve: 22 Jan. Chinese New Year: 23 Jan. Full moon: 9 Jan. New moon: 23 Jan. Minor Cold: 6 Jan. Major Cold: 21 Jan.
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Lunar 2011 month 12 into 2012 month 1 · Yin Metal Rabbit 辛卯 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Metal Ox · 辛丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 6 at 06:43:55 UTC+8; Major Cold · 21 at 00:09:50 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 22 January 2012 closes lunar 2011 month 12; lunar 2012 month 1 begins 23 January 2012.
Lunar-year structure
Two lunar years meet here
Lunar 2011
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
Lunar 2012
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 4 (29 days).
January 2012 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
January 2012 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 12/8
Full moon
Lunar 12/16
Last quarter
Lunar 12/23
New moon
Lunar 1/1
First quarter
Lunar 1/9
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 2012
- 23 January 2012 — lunar 2011 month 12 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2012 month 1 opens.
- 6 January 2012 at 06:43:55 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 January 2012 at 00:09:50 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 8 January 2012 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 12, which falls near the full moon.
- 23 January 2012 — the first day of lunar month 1.
- 1 January 2012 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.
- 22 January 2012 — Lunar New Year's Eve, lunar 12/29. The last day of the twelfth lunar month, which can be day 29 or day 30.
- 23 January 2012 — Chinese New Year, lunar 1/1. The first day of the first lunar month and the opening of a new lunar year.