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March 2013 Chinese lunar calendar

March 2013 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 1 / 2. New moon: 12 Mar. Full moon: 27 Mar. Awakening of Insects: 5 Mar. Spring Equinox: 20 Mar.

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Lunar 2013 month 1 into 2013 month 2 · Yin Water Snake 癸巳 year pillar at mid-month

Month pillar at mid-month: Yin Wood Rabbit · 乙卯
Solar terms: Awakening of Insects · 5 at 18:14:51 UTC+8; Spring Equinox · 20 at 19:01:56 UTC+8
Lunar boundary: 11 March 2013 closes lunar 2013 month 1; lunar 2013 month 2 begins 12 March 2013.

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Boundaries & marked days

12 March 2013 — lunar 2013 month 1 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2013 month 2 opens.
5 March 2013 at 18:14:51 UTC+8 — Awakening of Insects, 惊蛰 Jīngzhé, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
20 March 2013 at 19:01:56 UTC+8 — Spring Equinox, 春分 Chūnfēn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
12 March 2013 — the first day of lunar month 2.
26 March 2013 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 2, which falls near the full moon.