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April 1917 has 30 days, spanning lunar months leap 2 / 3. Qingming Festival: 5 Apr. Full moon: 7 Apr. New moon: 21 Apr. Pure Brightness: 5 Apr. Grain Rain: 21 Apr.
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Lunar 1917 leap month 2 into 1917 month 3 · Yin Fire Snake 丁巳 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Wood Dragon · 甲辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 5 at 16:49:54 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 21 at 00:17:22 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 20 April 1917 closes lunar 1917 leap month 2; lunar 1917 month 3 begins 21 April 1917.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1917
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 2 (29 days).
April 1917 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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2/10癸酉Water Rooster22/11甲戌Wood Dog32/12乙亥Wood Pig42/13丙子Fire Rat2/14丁丑Fire OxPure Brightness62/15戊寅Earth TigerLunar mid-month72/16己卯Earth Rabbit2/17庚辰Metal Dragon92/18辛巳Metal Snake102/19壬午Water Horse112/20癸未Water Goat122/21甲申Wood Monkey132/22乙酉Wood Rooster142/23丙戌Fire Dog2/24丁亥Fire Pig162/25戊子Earth Rat172/26己丑Earth Ox182/27庚寅Metal Tiger192/28辛卯Metal Rabbit202/29壬辰Water Dragon213/1癸巳Water SnakeLunar month opensGrain Rain3/2甲午Wood Horse233/3乙未Wood Goat243/4丙申Fire Monkey253/5丁酉Fire Rooster263/6戊戌Earth Dog273/7己亥Earth Pig283/8庚子Metal Rat3/9辛丑Metal Ox303/10壬寅Water TigerThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 1917 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar leap 2/16
Last quarter
Lunar leap 2/24
New moon
Lunar 3/1
First quarter
Lunar 3/9
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 1917
- 21 April 1917 — lunar 1917 leap month 2 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1917 month 3 opens.
- 5 April 1917 at 16:49:54 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 April 1917 at 00:17:22 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 6 April 1917 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 2, which falls near the full moon.
- 21 April 1917 — the first day of lunar month 3.
- 5 April 1917 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.