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January 2016 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Laba Festival: 17 Jan. New moon: 10 Jan. Full moon: 24 Jan. Minor Cold: 6 Jan. Major Cold: 20 Jan.
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Lunar 2015 month 11 into 2015 month 12 · Yin Wood Goat 乙未 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Earth Ox · 己丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 6 at 06:08:23 UTC+8; Major Cold · 20 at 23:27:06 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 9 January 2016 closes lunar 2015 month 11; lunar 2015 month 12 begins 10 January 2016.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2015
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
January 2016 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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111/22壬午Water Horse211/23癸未Water Goat11/24甲申Wood Monkey411/25乙酉Wood Rooster511/26丙戌Fire Dog611/27丁亥Fire PigMinor Cold711/28戊子Earth Rat811/29己丑Earth Ox911/30庚寅Metal Tiger12/1辛卯Metal RabbitLunar month opens1112/2壬辰Water Dragon1212/3癸巳Water Snake1312/4甲午Wood Horse1412/5乙未Wood Goat1512/6丙申Fire Monkey1612/7丁酉Fire Rooster12/8戊戌Earth Dog1812/9己亥Earth Pig1912/10庚子Metal Rat2012/11辛丑Metal OxMajor Cold2112/12壬寅Water Tiger2212/13癸卯Water Rabbit2312/14甲辰Wood Dragon12/15乙巳Wood SnakeLunar mid-month2512/16丙午Fire Horse2612/17丁未Fire Goat2712/18戊申Earth Monkey2812/19己酉Earth Rooster2912/20庚戌Metal Dog3012/21辛亥Metal Pig12/22壬子Water RatThe Moon this month · UTC+8
January 2016 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 11/23
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/8
Full moon
Lunar 12/15
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 2016
- 10 January 2016 — lunar 2015 month 11 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2015 month 12 opens.
- 6 January 2016 at 06:08:23 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 January 2016 at 23:27:06 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 10 January 2016 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 24 January 2016 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 12, which falls near the full moon.
- 17 January 2016 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.