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August 2026 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 6 / 7. Qixi: 19 Aug. Ghost Festival: 27 Aug. New moon: 13 Aug. Full moon: 28 Aug. Beginning of Autumn: 7 Aug. End of Heat: 23 Aug.
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Lunar 2026 month 6 into 2026 month 7 · Yang Fire Horse 丙午 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Fire Monkey · 丙申
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Autumn · 7 at 19:42:43 UTC+8; End of Heat · 23 at 10:18:49 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 12 August 2026 closes lunar 2026 month 6; lunar 2026 month 7 begins 13 August 2026.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2026
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
August 2026 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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16/19丁未Fire Goat6/20戊申Earth Monkey36/21己酉Earth Rooster46/22庚戌Metal Dog56/23辛亥Metal Pig66/24壬子Water Rat76/25癸丑Water OxBeginning of Autumn86/26甲寅Wood Tiger6/27乙卯Wood Rabbit106/28丙辰Fire Dragon116/29丁巳Fire Snake126/30戊午Earth Horse137/1己未Earth GoatLunar month opens147/2庚申Metal Monkey157/3辛酉Metal Rooster7/4壬戌Water Dog177/5癸亥Water Pig187/6甲子Wood Rat7/7乙丑Wood Ox207/8丙寅Fire Tiger217/9丁卯Fire Rabbit227/10戊辰Earth Dragon7/11己巳Earth SnakeEnd of Heat247/12庚午Metal Horse257/13辛未Metal Goat267/14壬申Water Monkey7/15癸酉Water RoosterLunar mid-month287/16甲戌Wood Dog297/17乙亥Wood Pig7/18丙子Fire Rat317/19丁丑Fire OxThe Moon this month · UTC+8
August 2026 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 6/24
New moon
Lunar 7/1
First quarter
Lunar 7/8
Full moon
Lunar 7/16
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 August 2026
- 13 August 2026 — lunar 2026 month 6 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2026 month 7 opens.
- 7 August 2026 at 19:42:43 UTC+8 — Beginning of Autumn, 立秋 Lìqiū, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 August 2026 at 10:18:49 UTC+8 — End of Heat, 处暑 Chǔshǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 13 August 2026 — the first day of lunar month 7.
- 27 August 2026 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 7, which falls near the full moon.
- 19 August 2026 — Qixi, lunar 7/7. The seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the double-seventh.
- 27 August 2026 — Ghost Festival, lunar 7/15. The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month.