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December 2025 Chinese lunar calendar

December 2025 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 10 / 11. Winter Solstice: 21 Dec. Full moon: 5 Dec. New moon: 20 Dec. Major Snow: 7 Dec. Winter Solstice: 21 Dec.

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Lunar 2025 month 10 into 2025 month 11 · Yin Wood Snake 乙巳 year pillar at mid-month

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Month pillar at mid-month
Yang Earth Rat · 戊子
Solar terms
Major Snow · 7 at 05:04:37 UTC+8; Winter Solstice · 21 at 23:03:05 UTC+8
Lunar boundary
19 December 2025 closes lunar 2025 month 10; lunar 2025 month 11 begins 20 December 2025.

Lunar-year structure

The lunar year around this month

Lunar 2025

13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 6 (29 days).

December 2025 day by day

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

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110/12甲辰Dragon210/13乙巳Snake310/14丙午Horse410/15丁未GoatLunar mid-month510/16戊申Monkey610/17己酉Rooster710/18庚戌DogMajor Snow810/19辛亥Pig910/20壬子Rat1010/21癸丑Ox1110/22甲寅Tiger1210/23乙卯Rabbit1310/24丙辰Dragon1410/25丁巳Snake1510/26戊午Horse1610/27己未Goat1710/28庚申Monkey1810/29辛酉Rooster1910/30壬戌Dog2011/1癸亥PigLunar month opensFestival2111/2甲子RatWinter SolsticeWinter Solstice2211/3乙丑Ox2311/4丙寅Tiger2411/5丁卯Rabbit2511/6戊辰Dragon2611/7己巳Snake2711/8庚午Horse2811/9辛未Goat2911/10壬申Monkey3011/11癸酉Rooster3111/12甲戌Dog

The Moon this month · UTC+8

December 2025 moon phases

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  1. Full moon

    Lunar 10/16

  2. Last quarter

    Lunar 10/23

  3. New moon

    Lunar 11/1

  4. First quarter

    Lunar 11/9

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 December 2025

  • 20 December 2025 — lunar 2025 month 10 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2025 month 11 opens.
  • 7 December 2025 at 05:04:37 UTC+8 — Major Snow, 大雪 Dàxuě, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
  • 21 December 2025 at 23:03:05 UTC+8 — Winter Solstice, 冬至 Dōngzhì, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
  • 4 December 2025 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 10, which falls near the full moon.
  • 20 December 2025 — the first day of lunar month 11.
  • 21 December 2025 — Winter Solstice. A seasonal observance fixed by the Winter Solstice solar-term instant.

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