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October 2021 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 8 / 9. Double Ninth Festival: 14 Oct. New moon: 6 Oct. Full moon: 20 Oct. Cold Dew: 8 Oct. Frost's Descent: 23 Oct.
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Lunar 2021 month 8 into 2021 month 9 · Yin Metal Ox 辛丑 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Earth Dog · 戊戌
- Solar terms
- Cold Dew · 8 at 09:39:03 UTC+8; Frost's Descent · 23 at 12:51:10 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 5 October 2021 closes lunar 2021 month 8; lunar 2021 month 9 begins 6 October 2021.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2021
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
October 2021 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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18/25壬午Water Horse28/26癸未Water Goat8/27甲申Wood Monkey48/28乙酉Wood Rooster58/29丙戌Fire Dog69/1丁亥Fire PigLunar month opens79/2戊子Earth Rat89/3己丑Earth OxCold Dew99/4庚寅Metal Tiger9/5辛卯Metal Rabbit119/6壬辰Water Dragon129/7癸巳Water Snake139/8甲午Wood Horse9/9乙未Wood Goat159/10丙申Fire Monkey169/11丁酉Fire Rooster9/12戊戌Earth Dog189/13己亥Earth Pig199/14庚子Metal Rat209/15辛丑Metal OxLunar mid-month219/16壬寅Water Tiger229/17癸卯Water Rabbit239/18甲辰Wood DragonFrost's Descent9/19乙巳Wood Snake259/20丙午Fire Horse269/21丁未Fire Goat279/22戊申Earth Monkey289/23己酉Earth Rooster299/24庚戌Metal Dog309/25辛亥Metal Pig9/26壬子Water RatThe Moon this month · UTC+8
October 2021 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 9/1
First quarter
Lunar 9/8
Full moon
Lunar 9/15
Last quarter
Lunar 9/24
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 2021
- 6 October 2021 — lunar 2021 month 8 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2021 month 9 opens.
- 8 October 2021 at 09:39:03 UTC+8 — Cold Dew, 寒露 Hánlù, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 October 2021 at 12:51:10 UTC+8 — Frost's Descent, 霜降 Shuāngjiàng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 6 October 2021 — the first day of lunar month 9.
- 20 October 2021 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 9, which falls near the full moon.
- 14 October 2021 — Double Ninth Festival, lunar 9/9. The ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the double-ninth.