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March 2015 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 1 / 2. Lantern Festival: 5 Mar. Full moon: 6 Mar. New moon: 20 Mar. Awakening of Insects: 6 Mar. Spring Equinox: 21 Mar.
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Lunar 2015 month 1 into 2015 month 2 · Yin Wood Goat 乙未 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Earth Rabbit · 己卯
- Solar terms
- Awakening of Insects · 6 at 05:55:40 UTC+8; Spring Equinox · 21 at 06:45:08 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 19 March 2015 closes lunar 2015 month 1; lunar 2015 month 2 begins 20 March 2015.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2015
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
March 2015 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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1/11丙子Fire Rat21/12丁丑Fire Ox31/13戊寅Earth Tiger41/14己卯Earth Rabbit1/15庚辰Metal DragonLunar mid-month61/16辛巳Metal SnakeAwakening of Insects71/17壬午Water Horse1/18癸未Water Goat91/19甲申Wood Monkey101/20乙酉Wood Rooster111/21丙戌Fire Dog121/22丁亥Fire Pig131/23戊子Earth Rat141/24己丑Earth Ox1/25庚寅Metal Tiger161/26辛卯Metal Rabbit171/27壬辰Water Dragon181/28癸巳Water Snake191/29甲午Wood Horse202/1乙未Wood GoatLunar month opens212/2丙申Fire MonkeySpring Equinox2/3丁酉Fire Rooster232/4戊戌Earth Dog242/5己亥Earth Pig252/6庚子Metal Rat262/7辛丑Metal Ox272/8壬寅Water Tiger282/9癸卯Water Rabbit2/10甲辰Wood Dragon302/11乙巳Wood Snake312/12丙午Fire HorseThe Moon this month · UTC+8
March 2015 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 1/16
Last quarter
Lunar 1/24
New moon
Lunar 2/1
First quarter
Lunar 2/8
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 March 2015
- 20 March 2015 — lunar 2015 month 1 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2015 month 2 opens.
- 6 March 2015 at 05:55:40 UTC+8 — Awakening of Insects, 惊蛰 Jīngzhé, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 March 2015 at 06:45:08 UTC+8 — Spring Equinox, 春分 Chūnfēn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 5 March 2015 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 1, which falls near the full moon.
- 20 March 2015 — the first day of lunar month 2.
- 5 March 2015 — Lantern Festival, lunar 1/15. The fifteenth day of the first lunar month, near the first full moon of the new year.