Mutsuki

also known as  is the 1st month of the Japanese Lunisolar Calendar and the Chinese calendar. Its name means  The Month of Growing Closer.

The Chinese name is ***Zhēngyuè*** () and comes from a ritual called  () in ancient China.

Mutsuki 1 is the day of the rooster; Mutsuki 2 is the day of the dog; Mutsuki 3 is the day of the pig; Mutsuki 4 is the day of the goat; Mutsuki 5 is the day of the ; Mutsuki 6 is the day of the horse; Mutsuki 7 is the day of the human.

## Festivals

- New Year's Day () is Mutsuki 1.
- The  () is Mutsuki 15.

## Birth

- Wu Zetian, the only female emperor of China, Mutsuki 23, 624
- Li Bai, a Chinese poet acclaimed to this day as a genius and romantic figure who took traditional poetic forms to new heights, Mutsuki 16, 701
- Emperor Shunzong of Tang, an emperor of the Chinese Tang dynasty, Mutsuki 12, 761
- Bai Juyi, a Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty, Mutsuki 20, 772
- Emperor Xizong of Jin, an emperor of the Jin dynasty, Mutsuki 17, 1119
- Qiu Chuji, a Daoist disciple of Wang Chongyang, Mutsuki 9, 1148
- Itō Suketaka, a samurai, daimyō and twelfth family leader of the Itō clan, Mutsuki 15, 1559
- Li Hongzhang, a politician, general, and diplomat of the late Qing Empire, Mutsuki 5, 1823
- Aisin-Gioro Puyi, the last emperor of China and the twelfth and final ruler of the Qing dynasty, Mutsuki 14, 1906

## Death

- Sun Jian, a military general and warlord who lived in the late Eastern Han dynasty, Mutsuki 7, 191
- Guan Yu, a general serving the warlord Liu Bei in the late Eastern Han dynasty, Mutsuki 13, 220
- Cao Cao, a warlord and a chancellor of the Eastern Han dynasty, Mutsuki 23, 220
- Emperor Xianzong of Tang, an emperor of the Chinese Tang dynasty, Mutsuki 27, 820
- Emperor Yingzong of Song, the fifth emperor of the Song dynasty of China, Mutsuki 7, 1067
- Emperor Zhezong of Song, the seventh emperor of the Song dynasty of China, Mutsuki 12, 1100
- Kublai Khan, the fifth Khagan (Great Khan) of the Ikh Mongol Uls (Mongol Empire), reigning from 1260 to 1294, and the founder of the Yuan dynasty in Mongolia and China, Mutsuki 22, 1294
- Shunzhi Emperor, the third emperor of the Qing dynasty and the first Qing emperor to rule over China, from 1644 to 1661, Mutsuki 30, 1638
- Qianlong Emperor, the sixth emperor of the Manchu-led Qing dynasty, and the fourth Qing emperor to rule over China proper, Mutsuki 3, 1799
- Daoguang Emperor, a Qing emperor, Mutsuki 14, 1850

## Dates of Mutsuki

|Year|Start|End|Number of Days|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2008|February 7|March 7|30 days|
|2009|January 26|February 24|30 days|
|2010|February 14|March 15|30 days|
|2011|February 3|March 4|30 days|
|2012|January 23|February 21|30 days|
|2013|February 10|March 11|30 days|
|2014|January 31|February 28|29 days|
|2015|February 19|March 19|29 days|
|2016|February 8|March 8|30 days|
|2017|January 28|February 25|29 days|
|2018|February 16|March 16|29 days|
|2019|February 5|March 6|30 days|
|2020|January 25|February 23|30 days|
|2021|February 12|March 12|29 days|
|2022|February 1|March 2|30 days|
|2023|January 22|February 19|29 days|
|2024|February 10|March 9|29 days|
|2025|January 29|February 27|30 days|
|2026|February 17|March 18|30 days|
|2027|February 7|March 7|29 days|
|2028|January 27|February 24|29 days|
|2029|February 13|March 14|30 days|
|2030|February 3|March 3|29 days|
|2031|January 23|February 21|30 days|

## Related pages

- Japanese Lunisolar Calendar

## Infobox (month)

- **calendar**: Japanese Lunisolar Calendar
- **num**: 1
- **days**: 29 or 30
- **prev month**: Shiwasu
- **next month**: Kisaragi