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 
+Dates of MutsukiYearStartEndNumber of Days2008February 7March 730 days2009January 26February 2430 days2010February 14March 1530 days2011February 3March 430 days2012January 23February 2130 days2013February 10March 1130 days2014January 31February 2829 days2015February 19March 1929 days2016February 8March 830 days2017January 28February 2529 days2018February 16March 1629 days2019February 5March 630 days2020January 25February 2330 days2021February 12March 1229 days2022February 1March 230 days2023January 22February 1929 days2024February 10March 929 days2025January 29February 2730 days2026February 17March 1830 days2027February 7March 729 days2028January 27February 2429 days2029February 13March 1430 days2030February 3March 329 days2031January 23February 2130 days

Related pages
 Japanese Lunisolar Calendar

References

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