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March 2012 Chinese lunar calendar

March 2012 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 2 / 3. Full moon: 8 Mar. New moon: 22 Mar. Awakening of Insects: 5 Mar. Spring Equinox: 20 Mar.

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Lunar 2012 month 2 into 2012 month 3 · Yang Water Dragon 壬辰 year pillar at mid-month

Month pillar at mid-month: Yin Water Rabbit · 癸卯
Solar terms: Awakening of Insects · 5 at 12:21:03 UTC+8; Spring Equinox · 20 at 13:14:26 UTC+8
Lunar boundary: 21 March 2012 closes lunar 2012 month 2; lunar 2012 month 3 begins 22 March 2012.

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Boundaries & marked days

22 March 2012 — lunar 2012 month 2 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2012 month 3 opens.
5 March 2012 at 12:21:03 UTC+8 — Awakening of Insects, 惊蛰 Jīngzhé, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
20 March 2012 at 13:14:26 UTC+8 — Spring Equinox, 春分 Chūnfēn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
7 March 2012 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 2, which falls near the full moon.
22 March 2012 — the first day of lunar month 3.