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January 2013 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Laba Festival: 19 Jan. New moon: 12 Jan. Full moon: 27 Jan. Minor Cold: 5 Jan. Major Cold: 20 Jan.
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Lunar 2012 month 11 into 2012 month 12 · Yang Water Dragon 壬辰 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Water Ox · 癸丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 5 at 12:33:38 UTC+8; Major Cold · 20 at 05:51:43 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 11 January 2013 closes lunar 2012 month 11; lunar 2012 month 12 begins 12 January 2013.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2012
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 4 (29 days).
January 2013 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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111/20丁卯Fire Rabbit211/21戊辰Earth Dragon311/22己巳Earth Snake411/23庚午Metal Horse511/24辛未Metal GoatMinor Cold11/25壬申Water Monkey711/26癸酉Water Rooster811/27甲戌Wood Dog911/28乙亥Wood Pig1011/29丙子Fire Rat1111/30丁丑Fire Ox1212/1戊寅Earth TigerLunar month opens12/2己卯Earth Rabbit1412/3庚辰Metal Dragon1512/4辛巳Metal Snake1612/5壬午Water Horse1712/6癸未Water Goat1812/7甲申Wood Monkey12/8乙酉Wood Rooster12/9丙戌Fire DogMajor Cold2112/10丁亥Fire Pig2212/11戊子Earth Rat2312/12己丑Earth Ox2412/13庚寅Metal Tiger2512/14辛卯Metal Rabbit2612/15壬辰Water DragonLunar mid-month12/16癸巳Water Snake2812/17甲午Wood Horse2912/18乙未Wood Goat3012/19丙申Fire Monkey3112/20丁酉Fire RoosterThe Moon this month · UTC+8
January 2013 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 11/24
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/8
Full moon
Lunar 12/16
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 2013
- 12 January 2013 — lunar 2012 month 11 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2012 month 12 opens.
- 5 January 2013 at 12:33:38 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 January 2013 at 05:51:43 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 12 January 2013 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 26 January 2013 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 12, which falls near the full moon.
- 19 January 2013 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.