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March 2023 Chinese lunar calendar

March 2023 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 2 / leap 2. Full moon: 7 Mar. New moon: 22 Mar. Awakening of Insects: 6 Mar. Spring Equinox: 21 Mar.

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Lunar 2023 month 2 into 2023 leap month 2 · Yin Water Rabbit 癸卯 year pillar at mid-month

Month pillar at mid-month: Yin Wood Rabbit · 乙卯
Solar terms: Awakening of Insects · 6 at 04:36:14 UTC+8; Spring Equinox · 21 at 05:24:26 UTC+8
Lunar boundary: 21 March 2023 closes lunar 2023 month 2; lunar 2023 leap month 2 begins 22 March 2023.

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13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 2 (29 days).

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Boundaries & marked days

22 March 2023 — lunar 2023 month 2 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2023 leap month 2 opens.
6 March 2023 at 04:36:14 UTC+8 — Awakening of Insects, 惊蛰 Jīngzhé, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
21 March 2023 at 05:24:26 UTC+8 — Spring Equinox, 春分 Chūnfēn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
6 March 2023 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 2, which falls near the full moon.
22 March 2023 — the first day of lunar month 2.