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October 2023 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 8 / 9. Double Ninth Festival: 23 Oct. New moon: 15 Oct. Full moon: 29 Oct. Cold Dew: 8 Oct. Frost's Descent: 24 Oct.
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Lunar 2023 month 8 into 2023 month 9 · Yin Water Rabbit 癸卯 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Water Dog · 壬戌
- Solar terms
- Cold Dew · 8 at 21:15:34 UTC+8; Frost's Descent · 24 at 00:20:50 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 14 October 2023 closes lunar 2023 month 8; lunar 2023 month 9 begins 15 October 2023.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2023
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 2 (29 days).
October 2023 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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8/17壬辰Water Dragon28/18癸巳Water Snake38/19甲午Wood Horse48/20乙未Wood Goat58/21丙申Fire Monkey68/22丁酉Fire Rooster78/23戊戌Earth Dog8/24己亥Earth PigCold Dew98/25庚子Metal Rat108/26辛丑Metal Ox118/27壬寅Water Tiger128/28癸卯Water Rabbit138/29甲辰Wood Dragon148/30乙巳Wood Snake9/1丙午Fire HorseLunar month opens169/2丁未Fire Goat179/3戊申Earth Monkey189/4己酉Earth Rooster199/5庚戌Metal Dog209/6辛亥Metal Pig219/7壬子Water Rat9/8癸丑Water Ox9/9甲寅Wood Tiger249/10乙卯Wood RabbitFrost's Descent259/11丙辰Fire Dragon269/12丁巳Fire Snake279/13戊午Earth Horse289/14己未Earth Goat9/15庚申Metal MonkeyLunar mid-month309/16辛酉Metal Rooster319/17壬戌Water DogThe Moon this month · UTC+8
October 2023 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 8/22
New moon
Lunar 9/1
First quarter
Lunar 9/8
Full moon
Lunar 9/15
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 October 2023
- 15 October 2023 — lunar 2023 month 8 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2023 month 9 opens.
- 8 October 2023 at 21:15:34 UTC+8 — Cold Dew, 寒露 Hánlù, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 24 October 2023 at 00:20:50 UTC+8 — Frost's Descent, 霜降 Shuāngjiàng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 15 October 2023 — the first day of lunar month 9.
- 29 October 2023 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 9, which falls near the full moon.
- 23 October 2023 — Double Ninth Festival, lunar 9/9. The ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the double-ninth.