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January 2015 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Laba Festival: 27 Jan. Full moon: 5 Jan. New moon: 20 Jan. Minor Cold: 6 Jan. Major Cold: 20 Jan.
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Lunar 2014 month 11 into 2014 month 12 · Yang Wood Horse 甲午 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Fire Ox · 丁丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 6 at 00:20:32 UTC+8; Major Cold · 20 at 17:43:14 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 19 January 2015 closes lunar 2014 month 11; lunar 2014 month 12 begins 20 January 2015.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2014
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 9 (29 days).
January 2015 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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111/11丁丑Fire Ox211/12戊寅Earth Tiger311/13己卯Earth Rabbit11/14庚辰Metal Dragon511/15辛巳Metal SnakeLunar mid-month611/16壬午Water HorseMinor Cold711/17癸未Water Goat811/18甲申Wood Monkey911/19乙酉Wood Rooster1011/20丙戌Fire Dog11/21丁亥Fire Pig1211/22戊子Earth Rat1311/23己丑Earth Ox1411/24庚寅Metal Tiger1511/25辛卯Metal Rabbit1611/26壬辰Water Dragon1711/27癸巳Water Snake11/28甲午Wood Horse1911/29乙未Wood Goat2012/1丙申Fire MonkeyLunar month opensMajor Cold2112/2丁酉Fire Rooster2212/3戊戌Earth Dog2312/4己亥Earth Pig2412/5庚子Metal Rat12/6辛丑Metal Ox2612/7壬寅Water Tiger12/8癸卯Water Rabbit2812/9甲辰Wood Dragon2912/10乙巳Wood Snake3012/11丙午Fire Horse3112/12丁未Fire GoatThe Moon this month · UTC+8
January 2015 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 11/15
Last quarter
Lunar 11/23
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/8
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 2015
- 20 January 2015 — lunar 2014 month 11 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2014 month 12 opens.
- 6 January 2015 at 00:20:32 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 January 2015 at 17:43:14 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 5 January 2015 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 20 January 2015 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 27 January 2015 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.