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April 1916 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 2 / 3. Qingming Festival: 5 Apr. New moon: 3 Apr. Full moon: 18 Apr. Pure Brightness: 5 Apr. Grain Rain: 20 Apr.
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Lunar 1916 month 2 into 1916 month 3 · Yang Fire Dragon 丙辰 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Water Dragon · 壬辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 5 at 10:57:49 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 20 at 18:24:35 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 2 April 1916 closes lunar 1916 month 2; lunar 1916 month 3 begins 3 April 1916.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1916
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
April 1916 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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12/29戊辰Earth Dragon2/30己巳Earth Snake33/1庚午Metal HorseLunar month opens43/2辛未Metal Goat3/3壬申Water MonkeyPure Brightness63/4癸酉Water Rooster73/5甲戌Wood Dog83/6乙亥Wood Pig3/7丙子Fire Rat103/8丁丑Fire Ox113/9戊寅Earth Tiger123/10己卯Earth Rabbit133/11庚辰Metal Dragon143/12辛巳Metal Snake153/13壬午Water Horse3/14癸未Water Goat173/15甲申Wood MonkeyLunar mid-month183/16乙酉Wood Rooster193/17丙戌Fire Dog203/18丁亥Fire PigGrain Rain213/19戊子Earth Rat223/20己丑Earth Ox3/21庚寅Metal Tiger243/22辛卯Metal Rabbit253/23壬辰Water Dragon263/24癸巳Water Snake273/25甲午Wood Horse283/26乙未Wood Goat293/27丙申Fire Monkey3/28丁酉Fire RoosterThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 1916 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 3/1
First quarter
Lunar 3/8
Full moon
Lunar 3/16
Last quarter
Lunar 3/23
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 April 1916
- 3 April 1916 — lunar 1916 month 2 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1916 month 3 opens.
- 5 April 1916 at 10:57:49 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 April 1916 at 18:24:35 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 3 April 1916 — the first day of lunar month 3.
- 17 April 1916 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 3, which falls near the full moon.
- 5 April 1916 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.