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October 2013 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 8 / 9. Double Ninth Festival: 13 Oct. New moon: 5 Oct. Full moon: 19 Oct. Cold Dew: 8 Oct. Frost's Descent: 23 Oct.
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Lunar 2013 month 8 into 2013 month 9 · Yin Water Snake 癸巳 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Water Dog · 壬戌
- Solar terms
- Cold Dew · 8 at 10:58:30 UTC+8; Frost's Descent · 23 at 14:09:48 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 4 October 2013 closes lunar 2013 month 8; lunar 2013 month 9 begins 5 October 2013.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2013
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
October 2013 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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18/27庚子Metal Rat28/28辛丑Metal Ox38/29壬寅Water Tiger48/30癸卯Water Rabbit59/1甲辰Wood DragonLunar month opens9/2乙巳Wood Snake79/3丙午Fire Horse89/4丁未Fire GoatCold Dew99/5戊申Earth Monkey109/6己酉Earth Rooster119/7庚戌Metal Dog129/8辛亥Metal Pig9/9壬子Water Rat149/10癸丑Water Ox159/11甲寅Wood Tiger169/12乙卯Wood Rabbit179/13丙辰Fire Dragon189/14丁巳Fire Snake199/15戊午Earth HorseLunar mid-month9/16己未Earth Goat219/17庚申Metal Monkey229/18辛酉Metal Rooster239/19壬戌Water DogFrost's Descent249/20癸亥Water Pig259/21甲子Wood Rat269/22乙丑Wood Ox9/23丙寅Fire Tiger289/24丁卯Fire Rabbit299/25戊辰Earth Dragon309/26己巳Earth Snake319/27庚午Metal HorseThe Moon this month · UTC+8
October 2013 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 9/1
First quarter
Lunar 9/8
Full moon
Lunar 9/15
Last quarter
Lunar 9/23
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 October 2013
- 5 October 2013 — lunar 2013 month 8 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2013 month 9 opens.
- 8 October 2013 at 10:58:30 UTC+8 — Cold Dew, 寒露 Hánlù, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 October 2013 at 14:09:48 UTC+8 — Frost's Descent, 霜降 Shuāngjiàng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 5 October 2013 — the first day of lunar month 9.
- 19 October 2013 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 9, which falls near the full moon.
- 13 October 2013 — Double Ninth Festival, lunar 9/9. The ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the double-ninth.