The Molad of Shvat was FRI. Jan. 3, at 9:30am. Deadline for Kiddush L’vana in any month is half the time from one Molad to the next. A lunation is 29d 12h 44m 1p. Half that time is 14d 18h 22m. Add 14 days to this month’s Molad and you get to FRI. Jan. 17. Add 18h and 22m to 9:30am and you get 27h 52m. Take 24 hours away from that time and add a day to FRI and you get Shabbat, 3:52am. This is the last time for K.L. this month. Tachlis. If you haven’t said K.L. yet this month, you have until the wee hours of Shabbat morning. Know that K.L. is not usually said on Shabbat or Yom Tov. However, if the last opportunity is Leil Shabbat (or Chag) then we may (and should) say K.L., so as not to miss out on this special bracha. Side point: Even though “real” full moon is about 3 hrs earlier, we can still say K.L. because our system is based on the average, not the actual. [The
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