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January 2043 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Laba Festival: 18 Jan. New moon: 11 Jan. Full moon: 25 Jan. Minor Cold: 5 Jan. Major Cold: 20 Jan.
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Lunar 2042 month 11 into 2042 month 12 · Yang Water Dog 壬戌 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Water Ox · 癸丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 5 at 19:25:23 UTC+8; Major Cold · 20 at 12:41:38 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 10 January 2043 closes lunar 2042 month 11; lunar 2042 month 12 begins 11 January 2043.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2042
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 2 (29 days).
January 2043 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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111/21甲辰Wood Dragon211/22乙巳Wood Snake311/23丙午Fire Horse11/24丁未Fire Goat511/25戊申Earth MonkeyMinor Cold611/26己酉Earth Rooster711/27庚戌Metal Dog811/28辛亥Metal Pig911/29壬子Water Rat1011/30癸丑Water Ox12/1甲寅Wood TigerLunar month opens1212/2乙卯Wood Rabbit1312/3丙辰Fire Dragon1412/4丁巳Fire Snake1512/5戊午Earth Horse1612/6己未Earth Goat1712/7庚申Metal Monkey12/8辛酉Metal Rooster1912/9壬戌Water Dog2012/10癸亥Water PigMajor Cold2112/11甲子Wood Rat2212/12乙丑Wood Ox2312/13丙寅Fire Tiger2412/14丁卯Fire Rabbit12/15戊辰Earth DragonLunar mid-month2612/16己巳Earth Snake2712/17庚午Metal Horse2812/18辛未Metal Goat2912/19壬申Water Monkey3012/20癸酉Water Rooster3112/21甲戌Wood DogThe Moon this month · UTC+8
January 2043 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 11/23
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/8
Full moon
Lunar 12/15
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 2043
- 11 January 2043 — lunar 2042 month 11 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2042 month 12 opens.
- 5 January 2043 at 19:25:23 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 January 2043 at 12:41:38 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 11 January 2043 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 25 January 2043 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 12, which falls near the full moon.
- 18 January 2043 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.