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Automatically calculate the Laba Festival countdown. View the remaining days until the 8th day of the 12th lunar month in real-time with no manual input required.
Overview
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Laba Festival is observed on the eighth day of the twelfth month of the Chinese lunar calendar. Because that lunar date falls on different Gregorian dates in different years, a countdown must first convert the chosen year’s lunar date. The Hong Kong Observatory’s 2026 conversion table places lunar month 12, day 8 on January 26, 2026. The countdown uses the selected year’s converted date as its target.
The page starts with the current Gregorian year and converts that year’s Laba date. Before the target day, it updates the remaining days, hours, minutes, and seconds. You can change the year to inspect another occurrence. It is a date reminder, not a complete Chinese festival calendar or an official schedule of public holidays and local events.
Guide
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The page uses the device’s current Gregorian year to find the matching lunar month and day; no date entry is needed.
Check the converted Gregorian date, then read the days, hours, minutes, and seconds remaining while the target is ahead.
Use the year controls to inspect another occurrence. The page is specific to Laba and does not provide a multi-year date table or a general-purpose date countdown.
Use cases
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Check how far away Laba is before planning shopping or a meal, then set your own reminders for the tasks that need to happen earlier.
Use the selected year’s date as a planning anchor for a post or display. Confirm local opening hours and event dates separately if your schedule depends on them.
Q&A
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The target is defined by lunar month 12, day 8 and converted to a Gregorian date for the selected year. The timer counts to that Gregorian target.
Yes, while the target is in the future it refreshes once per second. An incorrect device clock can make the remaining time inaccurate.
No. This page is dedicated to Laba and lets you change the year one at a time; it does not accept an arbitrary target date or show a multi-year list.
Notes
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The countdown uses the device’s local time and has no separate time-zone selector. Its target is the start of the converted Gregorian day. When that local day begins, the page can switch to an arrived or passed state even though the calendar day is still underway. For travel or events in another location, verify the local date and time zone separately. The displayed remaining time also depends on the device clock being correct.
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