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March 2026 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 1 / 2. Lantern Festival: 3 Mar. Full moon: 3 Mar. New moon: 19 Mar. Awakening of Insects: 5 Mar. Spring Equinox: 20 Mar.
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Lunar 2026 month 1 into 2026 month 2 · Yang Fire Horse 丙午 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Metal Rabbit · 辛卯
- Solar terms
- Awakening of Insects · 5 at 21:59:00 UTC+8; Spring Equinox · 20 at 22:45:59 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 18 March 2026 closes lunar 2026 month 1; lunar 2026 month 2 begins 19 March 2026.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2026
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
March 2026 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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1/13甲戌Wood Dog21/14乙亥Wood Pig1/15丙子Fire RatLunar mid-month41/16丁丑Fire Ox51/17戊寅Earth TigerAwakening of Insects61/18己卯Earth Rabbit71/19庚辰Metal Dragon1/20辛巳Metal Snake91/21壬午Water Horse101/22癸未Water Goat111/23甲申Wood Monkey121/24乙酉Wood Rooster131/25丙戌Fire Dog141/26丁亥Fire Pig1/27戊子Earth Rat161/28己丑Earth Ox171/29庚寅Metal Tiger181/30辛卯Metal Rabbit192/1壬辰Water DragonLunar month opens202/2癸巳Water SnakeSpring Equinox212/3甲午Wood Horse2/4乙未Wood Goat232/5丙申Fire Monkey242/6丁酉Fire Rooster252/7戊戌Earth Dog262/8己亥Earth Pig272/9庚子Metal Rat282/10辛丑Metal Ox2/11壬寅Water Tiger302/12癸卯Water Rabbit312/13甲辰Wood DragonThe Moon this month · UTC+8
March 2026 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 1/15
Last quarter
Lunar 1/23
New moon
Lunar 2/1
First quarter
Lunar 2/8
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 March 2026
- 19 March 2026 — lunar 2026 month 1 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2026 month 2 opens.
- 5 March 2026 at 21:59:00 UTC+8 — Awakening of Insects, 惊蛰 Jīngzhé, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 March 2026 at 22:45:59 UTC+8 — Spring Equinox, 春分 Chūnfēn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 3 March 2026 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 1, which falls near the full moon.
- 19 March 2026 — the first day of lunar month 2.
- 3 March 2026 — Lantern Festival, lunar 1/15. The fifteenth day of the first lunar month, near the first full moon of the new year.