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January 2024 Chinese lunar calendar

January 2024 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Laba Festival: 18 Jan. New moon: 11 Jan. Full moon: 26 Jan. Minor Cold: 6 Jan. Major Cold: 20 Jan.

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Lunar 2023 month 11 into 2023 month 12 · Yin Water Rabbit 癸卯 year pillar at mid-month

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Month pillar at mid-month
Yin Wood Ox · 乙丑
Solar terms
Minor Cold · 6 at 04:49:22 UTC+8; Major Cold · 20 at 22:07:22 UTC+8
Lunar boundary
10 January 2024 closes lunar 2023 month 11; lunar 2023 month 12 begins 11 January 2024.

Lunar-year structure

The lunar year around this month

Lunar 2023

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

January 2024 day by day

Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.

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111/20甲子Rat211/21乙丑Ox311/22丙寅Tiger411/23丁卯Rabbit511/24戊辰Dragon611/25己巳SnakeMinor Cold711/26庚午Horse811/27辛未Goat911/28壬申Monkey1011/29癸酉Rooster1112/1甲戌DogLunar month opens1212/2乙亥Pig1312/3丙子Rat1412/4丁丑Ox1512/5戊寅Tiger1612/6己卯Rabbit1712/7庚辰DragonFestival1812/8辛巳SnakeLaba Festival1912/9壬午Horse2012/10癸未GoatMajor Cold2112/11甲申Monkey2212/12乙酉Rooster2312/13丙戌Dog2412/14丁亥Pig2512/15戊子RatLunar mid-month2612/16己丑Ox2712/17庚寅Tiger2812/18辛卯Rabbit2912/19壬辰Dragon3012/20癸巳Snake3112/21甲午Horse

The Moon this month · UTC+8

January 2024 moon phases

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  1. Last quarter

    Lunar 11/23

  2. New moon

    Lunar 12/1

  3. First quarter

    Lunar 12/8

  4. Full moon

    Lunar 12/16

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 2024

  • 11 January 2024 — lunar 2023 month 11 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2023 month 12 opens.
  • 6 January 2024 at 04:49:22 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
  • 20 January 2024 at 22:07:22 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
  • 11 January 2024 — the first day of lunar month 12.
  • 25 January 2024 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 12, which falls near the full moon.
  • 18 January 2024 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.

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