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October 2024 Chinese lunar calendar

October 2024 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 8 / 9. Double Ninth Festival: 11 Oct. New moon: 3 Oct. Full moon: 17 Oct. Cold Dew: 8 Oct. Frost's Descent: 23 Oct.

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Lunar 2024 month 8 into 2024 month 9 · Yang Wood Dragon 甲辰 year pillar at mid-month

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Month pillar at mid-month
Yang Wood Dog · 甲戌
Solar terms
Cold Dew · 8 at 02:59:57 UTC+8; Frost's Descent · 23 at 06:14:47 UTC+8
Lunar boundary
2 October 2024 closes lunar 2024 month 8; lunar 2024 month 9 begins 3 October 2024.

Lunar-year structure

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Lunar 2024

12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.

October 2024 day by day

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

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18/29戊戌Dog28/30己亥Pig39/1庚子RatLunar month opens49/2辛丑Ox59/3壬寅Tiger69/4癸卯Rabbit79/5甲辰Dragon89/6乙巳SnakeCold Dew99/7丙午Horse109/8丁未GoatFestival119/9戊申MonkeyDouble Ninth Festival129/10己酉Rooster139/11庚戌Dog149/12辛亥Pig159/13壬子Rat169/14癸丑Ox179/15甲寅TigerLunar mid-month189/16乙卯Rabbit199/17丙辰Dragon209/18丁巳Snake219/19戊午Horse229/20己未Goat239/21庚申MonkeyFrost's Descent249/22辛酉Rooster259/23壬戌Dog269/24癸亥Pig279/25甲子Rat289/26乙丑Ox299/27丙寅Tiger309/28丁卯Rabbit319/29戊辰Dragon

The Moon this month · UTC+8

October 2024 moon phases

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  1. New moon

    Lunar 9/1

  2. First quarter

    Lunar 9/9

  3. Full moon

    Lunar 9/15

  4. Last quarter

    Lunar 9/22

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 2024

  • 3 October 2024 — lunar 2024 month 8 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2024 month 9 opens.
  • 8 October 2024 at 02:59:57 UTC+8 — Cold Dew, 寒露 Hánlù, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
  • 23 October 2024 at 06:14:47 UTC+8 — Frost's Descent, 霜降 Shuāngjiàng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
  • 3 October 2024 — the first day of lunar month 9.
  • 17 October 2024 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 9, which falls near the full moon.
  • 11 October 2024 — Double Ninth Festival, lunar 9/9. The ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the double-ninth.

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