Daily calendar conversion

Chinese calendar, 22 April 1944

22 April 1944 is lunar month 3, day 30, 1944, the Wood Monkey year. The day pillar is Yang Fire Dragon. 4 named Yi activities; 4 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waning crescent.

Solar term

Gǔyǔ · Grain Rain

Since 20 April 1944

22

Saturday

April 1944

Lunar date

3rd Month · 30th Day

一九四四三十

Year of the

Wood Monkey

Yang Wood Monkey · 甲申

Metal restrains Wood in the Five Phases, so the Monkey’s fixed element is understood as moderating the year element.

Solar term

Gǔyǔ · Grain Rain

since 20 April 1944

Moon phase

Waning crescent

Lunar day 30 · between principal phases

Daily almanac · 1944-04-22

The daily almanac & observances

22 April 1944
Traditional day classification

Auspicious · Huang Dao

Azure Dragon 青龙 · 黄道

Huang Dao and Hei Dao name the day-god cycle. For a particular plan, read its Yi and Ji activities below.

Traditionally suitable

Traditionally avoid

Inside this lunar month

Month 3 · 30 days

24 March 194422 April 1944. This is the final day of the month.

Follow the Moon through this month →
Next festival & customs

Dragon Boat Festival

25 June 1944 · In communities especially around the middle and lower Yangtze, observances may combine local memorial rites, dragon-boat sports and rice-dumpling feasts; even the honoured hero varies by region.

The Moon this month · UTC+8

April 1944 moon phases

Read the phase guide →
  1. Full moon

    Lunar 3/17

  2. Last quarter

    Lunar 3/24

  3. New moon

    Lunar 4/1

  4. First quarter

    Lunar 4/8

Calculated phase moments use fixed UTC+8. A lunar day number and a Moon phase describe different things. How they fit together →

The surrounding month

Explore the days around 22 April 1944

Select a day to update its quick overview. Today, the selected date and festivals have separate markers.

Gregorian dates and corresponding Chinese lunar month and day for June 1944
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
TodaySelectedFestivalMoon phaseSolar term

Each cell shows the Gregorian day above its lunar month/day. Select any day to update the quick overview, then open its full reading for more detail.

Calendar terms explained

This day in the traditional cycles

Each result below names this date’s position and explains what the term means.

Day pillar 日柱
Yang Fire Dragon · 丙辰— this date’s position in the repeating 60-day stem–branch cycle.Hidden stems are stems conventionally contained in the day pillar’s earthly branch. Primary is the main layer; middle and residual are secondary layers.
  • Yang Earth · (primary)
  • Yin Wood · (middle)
  • Yin Water · Guǐ (residual)
Month pillar 月柱
Yang Earth Dragon · 戊辰— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
Year pillar 年柱
Yang Wood Monkey · 甲申Metal controls Wood; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
Day Na Yin 纳音
Sand Earth · 沙中土— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Earth.
Day animal 生肖
Dragon · — the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
Opposes 冲
Yang Metal Dog · 庚戌— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
Lunar mansion 宿
Root · — this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.East palace () · Raccoon dog creature () · traditionally unfavourable ()
Day officer 建除
Establish · — determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
Auspicious directions 吉方
  • Joy 喜神: Southwest (西南)
  • Blessing 福神: Northwest (西北)
  • Wealth 财神: Southwest (西南)
Three traditional direction markers determined by this date’s heavenly stem.
Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
The verse cautions against repairing a stove, saying misfortune may follow.丙不修灶必见灾殃The verse cautions against weeping, saying another bereavement may follow.辰不哭泣必主重丧Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.

Keep the result

Share this conversion

Use the result

Plan another date

22 April 1944 corresponds to lunar year 1944, month 3, day 30, in the 甲申 year — the Year of the Monkey. You can enter another date in the date converter.

A solar term is one of twenty-four seasonal divisions of the year. The Moon phase follows the astronomical cycle independently of the numbered lunar day.

Looking for a date-selection overview? The almanac guide introduces the calendar’s auspicious-date tools and terminology.

Open this month · Use the converter · Calendar glossary