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January 2027 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Laba Festival: 15 Jan. New moon: 8 Jan. Full moon: 22 Jan. Minor Cold: 5 Jan. Major Cold: 20 Jan.
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Lunar 2026 month 11 into 2026 month 12 · Yang Fire Horse 丙午 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Metal Ox · 辛丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 5 at 22:09:58 UTC+8; Major Cold · 20 at 15:29:50 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 7 January 2027 closes lunar 2026 month 11; lunar 2026 month 12 begins 8 January 2027.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2026
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
January 2027 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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111/24庚辰Metal Dragon211/25辛巳Metal Snake11/26壬午Water Horse411/27癸未Water Goat511/28甲申Wood MonkeyMinor Cold611/29乙酉Wood Rooster711/30丙戌Fire Dog812/1丁亥Fire PigLunar month opens912/2戊子Earth Rat12/3己丑Earth Ox1112/4庚寅Metal Tiger1212/5辛卯Metal Rabbit1312/6壬辰Water Dragon1412/7癸巳Water Snake12/8甲午Wood Horse1612/9乙未Wood Goat12/10丙申Fire Monkey1812/11丁酉Fire Rooster1912/12戊戌Earth Dog2012/13己亥Earth PigMajor Cold2112/14庚子Metal Rat2212/15辛丑Metal OxLunar mid-month2312/16壬寅Water Tiger12/17癸卯Water Rabbit2512/18甲辰Wood Dragon2612/19乙巳Wood Snake2712/20丙午Fire Horse2812/21丁未Fire Goat2912/22戊申Earth Monkey3012/23己酉Earth Rooster12/24庚戌Metal DogThe Moon this month · UTC+8
January 2027 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/9
Full moon
Lunar 12/15
Last quarter
Lunar 12/22
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 2027
- 8 January 2027 — lunar 2026 month 11 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2026 month 12 opens.
- 5 January 2027 at 22:09:58 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 January 2027 at 15:29:50 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 8 January 2027 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 22 January 2027 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 12, which falls near the full moon.
- 15 January 2027 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.