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October 2026 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 8 / 9. Double Ninth Festival: 18 Oct. New moon: 10 Oct. Full moon: 26 Oct. Cold Dew: 8 Oct. Frost's Descent: 23 Oct.
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Lunar 2026 month 8 into 2026 month 9 · Yang Fire Horse 丙午 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Earth Dog · 戊戌
- Solar terms
- Cold Dew · 8 at 14:29:17 UTC+8; Frost's Descent · 23 at 17:37:57 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 9 October 2026 closes lunar 2026 month 8; lunar 2026 month 9 begins 10 October 2026.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2026
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
October 2026 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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18/21戊申Earth Monkey28/22己酉Earth Rooster38/23庚戌Metal Dog8/24辛亥Metal Pig58/25壬子Water Rat68/26癸丑Water Ox78/27甲寅Wood Tiger88/28乙卯Wood RabbitCold Dew98/29丙辰Fire Dragon109/1丁巳Fire SnakeLunar month opens9/2戊午Earth Horse129/3己未Earth Goat139/4庚申Metal Monkey149/5辛酉Metal Rooster159/6壬戌Water Dog169/7癸亥Water Pig179/8甲子Wood Rat9/9乙丑Wood Ox199/10丙寅Fire Tiger209/11丁卯Fire Rabbit219/12戊辰Earth Dragon229/13己巳Earth Snake239/14庚午Metal HorseFrost's Descent249/15辛未Metal GoatLunar mid-month9/16壬申Water Monkey269/17癸酉Water Rooster279/18甲戌Wood Dog289/19乙亥Wood Pig299/20丙子Fire Rat309/21丁丑Fire Ox319/22戊寅Earth TigerThe Moon this month · UTC+8
October 2026 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 8/23
New moon
Lunar 9/1
First quarter
Lunar 9/10
Full moon
Lunar 9/17
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 2026
- 10 October 2026 — lunar 2026 month 8 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2026 month 9 opens.
- 8 October 2026 at 14:29:17 UTC+8 — Cold Dew, 寒露 Hánlù, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 23 October 2026 at 17:37:57 UTC+8 — Frost's Descent, 霜降 Shuāngjiàng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 10 October 2026 — the first day of lunar month 9.
- 24 October 2026 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 9, which falls near the full moon.
- 18 October 2026 — Double Ninth Festival, lunar 9/9. The ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the double-ninth.