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January 2026 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Laba Festival: 26 Jan. Full moon: 3 Jan. New moon: 19 Jan. Minor Cold: 5 Jan. Major Cold: 20 Jan.
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Lunar 2025 month 11 into 2025 month 12 · Yin Wood Snake 乙巳 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Earth Ox · 己丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 5 at 16:23:10 UTC+8; Major Cold · 20 at 09:44:56 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 18 January 2026 closes lunar 2025 month 11; lunar 2025 month 12 begins 19 January 2026.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2025
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 6 (29 days).
January 2026 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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111/13乙亥Wood Pig211/14丙子Fire Rat311/15丁丑Fire OxLunar mid-month11/16戊寅Earth Tiger511/17己卯Earth RabbitMinor Cold611/18庚辰Metal Dragon711/19辛巳Metal Snake811/20壬午Water Horse911/21癸未Water Goat1011/22甲申Wood Monkey11/23乙酉Wood Rooster1211/24丙戌Fire Dog1311/25丁亥Fire Pig1411/26戊子Earth Rat1511/27己丑Earth Ox1611/28庚寅Metal Tiger1711/29辛卯Metal Rabbit11/30壬辰Water Dragon1912/1癸巳Water SnakeLunar month opens2012/2甲午Wood HorseMajor Cold2112/3乙未Wood Goat2212/4丙申Fire Monkey2312/5丁酉Fire Rooster2412/6戊戌Earth Dog12/7己亥Earth Pig12/8庚子Metal Rat2712/9辛丑Metal Ox2812/10壬寅Water Tiger2912/11癸卯Water Rabbit3012/12甲辰Wood Dragon3112/13乙巳Wood SnakeThe Moon this month · UTC+8
January 2026 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 11/15
Last quarter
Lunar 11/22
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/8
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 2026
- 19 January 2026 — lunar 2025 month 11 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2025 month 12 opens.
- 5 January 2026 at 16:23:10 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 January 2026 at 09:44:56 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 3 January 2026 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 11, which falls near the full moon.
- 19 January 2026 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 26 January 2026 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.