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January 2046 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 11 / 12. Laba Festival: 14 Jan. New moon: 7 Jan. Full moon: 22 Jan. Minor Cold: 5 Jan. Major Cold: 20 Jan.
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Lunar 2045 month 11 into 2045 month 12 · Yin Wood Ox 乙丑 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Earth Ox · 己丑
- Solar terms
- Minor Cold · 5 at 12:56:04 UTC+8; Major Cold · 20 at 06:15:56 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 6 January 2046 closes lunar 2045 month 11; lunar 2045 month 12 begins 7 January 2046.
Lunar-year structure
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Lunar 2045
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
January 2046 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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111/25庚申Metal Monkey211/26辛酉Metal Rooster311/27壬戌Water Dog411/28癸亥Water Pig511/29甲子Wood RatMinor Cold611/30乙丑Wood Ox12/1丙寅Fire TigerLunar month opens812/2丁卯Fire Rabbit912/3戊辰Earth Dragon1012/4己巳Earth Snake1112/5庚午Metal Horse1212/6辛未Metal Goat1312/7壬申Water Monkey12/8癸酉Water Rooster1512/9甲戌Wood Dog1612/10乙亥Wood Pig1712/11丙子Fire Rat1812/12丁丑Fire Ox1912/13戊寅Earth Tiger2012/14己卯Earth RabbitMajor Cold12/15庚辰Metal DragonLunar mid-month2212/16辛巳Metal Snake2312/17壬午Water Horse2412/18癸未Water Goat2512/19甲申Wood Monkey2612/20乙酉Wood Rooster2712/21丙戌Fire Dog12/22丁亥Fire Pig2912/23戊子Earth Rat3012/24己丑Earth Ox3112/25庚寅Metal TigerThe Moon this month · UTC+8
January 2046 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/9
Full moon
Lunar 12/16
Last quarter
Lunar 12/23
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 2046
- 7 January 2046 — lunar 2045 month 11 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2045 month 12 opens.
- 5 January 2046 at 12:56:04 UTC+8 — Minor Cold, 小寒 Xiǎohán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 January 2046 at 06:15:56 UTC+8 — Major Cold, 大寒 Dàhán, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 7 January 2046 — the first day of lunar month 12.
- 21 January 2046 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 12, which falls near the full moon.
- 14 January 2046 — Laba Festival, lunar 12/8. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, in the run-up to the new year.