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January 2021 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Laba Festival: 20 Jan. New moon: 13 Jan. Full moon: 29 Jan. Minor Cold: 5 Jan. Major Cold: 20 Jan.
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Lunar 2020 month 11 into 2020 month 12 · Yang Metal Rat 庚子 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Earth Ox · 己丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 5 at 11:23:26 UTC+8; Major Cold · 20 at 04:39:51 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 12 January 2021 closes lunar 2020 month 11; lunar 2020 month 12 begins 13 January 2021.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2020
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 4 (29 days).
January 2021 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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111/18己酉Earth Rooster211/19庚戌Metal Dog11/20辛亥Metal Pig411/21壬子Water Rat511/22癸丑Water OxMinor Cold611/23甲寅Wood Tiger711/24乙卯Wood Rabbit811/25丙辰Fire Dragon911/26丁巳Fire Snake11/27戊午Earth Horse1111/28己未Earth Goat1211/29庚申Metal Monkey1312/1辛酉Metal RoosterLunar month opens1412/2壬戌Water Dog1512/3癸亥Water Pig1612/4甲子Wood Rat12/5乙丑Wood Ox1812/6丙寅Fire Tiger1912/7丁卯Fire Rabbit12/8戊辰Earth DragonMajor Cold2112/9己巳Earth Snake2212/10庚午Metal Horse2312/11辛未Metal Goat12/12壬申Water Monkey2512/13癸酉Water Rooster2612/14甲戌Wood Dog2712/15乙亥Wood PigLunar mid-month2812/16丙子Fire Rat2912/17丁丑Fire Ox3012/18戊寅Earth Tiger12/19己卯Earth RabbitThe Moon this month · UTC+8
January 2021 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 11/23
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/9
Full moon
Lunar 12/17
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 2021
- 13 January 2021 — lunar 2020 month 11 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2020 month 12 opens.
- 5 January 2021 at 11:23:26 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 January 2021 at 04:39:51 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 13 January 2021 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 27 January 2021 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 12, which falls near the full moon.
- 20 January 2021 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.