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January 2028 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 12 / 1. Laba Festival: 4 Jan. Lunar New Year's Eve: 25 Jan. Chinese New Year: 26 Jan. Full moon: 12 Jan. New moon: 26 Jan. Minor Cold: 6 Jan. Major Cold: 20 Jan.
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Lunar 2027 month 12 into 2028 month 1 · Yin Fire Goat 丁未 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Water Ox · 癸丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 6 at 03:54:39 UTC+8; Major Cold · 20 at 21:21:57 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 25 January 2028 closes lunar 2027 month 12; lunar 2028 month 1 begins 26 January 2028.
Lunar-year structure
Two lunar years meet here
Lunar 2027
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
Lunar 2028
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 5 (29 days).
January 2028 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
January 2028 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 12/9
Full moon
Lunar 12/16
Last quarter
Lunar 12/23
New moon
Lunar 1/1
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 2028
- 26 January 2028 — lunar 2027 month 12 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2028 month 1 opens.
- 6 January 2028 at 03:54:39 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 January 2028 at 21:21:57 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 11 January 2028 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 12, which falls near the full moon.
- 26 January 2028 — the first day of lunar month 1.
- 4 January 2028 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.
- 25 January 2028 — Lunar New Year's Eve, lunar 12/29. The last day of the twelfth lunar month, which can be day 29 or day 30.
- 26 January 2028 — Chinese New Year, lunar 1/1. The first day of the first lunar month and the opening of a new lunar year.