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April 1948 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 2 / 3. Qingming Festival: 5 Apr. New moon: 9 Apr. Full moon: 23 Apr. Pure Brightness: 5 Apr. Grain Rain: 20 Apr.
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Lunar 1948 month 2 into 1948 month 3 · Yang Earth Rat 戊子 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Fire Dragon · 丙辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 5 at 05:09:20 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 20 at 12:24:50 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 8 April 1948 closes lunar 1948 month 2; lunar 1948 month 3 begins 9 April 1948.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1948
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
April 1948 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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12/22丙辰Fire Dragon22/23丁巳Fire Snake32/24戊午Earth Horse2/25己未Earth Goat2/26庚申Metal MonkeyPure Brightness62/27辛酉Metal Rooster72/28壬戌Water Dog82/29癸亥Water Pig93/1甲子Wood RatLunar month opens103/2乙丑Wood Ox3/3丙寅Fire Tiger123/4丁卯Fire Rabbit133/5戊辰Earth Dragon143/6己巳Earth Snake153/7庚午Metal Horse163/8辛未Metal Goat173/9壬申Water Monkey3/10癸酉Water Rooster193/11甲戌Wood Dog203/12乙亥Wood PigGrain Rain213/13丙子Fire Rat223/14丁丑Fire Ox233/15戊寅Earth TigerLunar mid-month243/16己卯Earth Rabbit3/17庚辰Metal Dragon263/18辛巳Metal Snake273/19壬午Water Horse283/20癸未Water Goat293/21甲申Wood Monkey303/22乙酉Wood RoosterThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 1948 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 2/22
New moon
Lunar 3/1
First quarter
Lunar 3/9
Full moon
Lunar 3/15
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 1948
- 9 April 1948 — lunar 1948 month 2 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1948 month 3 opens.
- 5 April 1948 at 05:09:20 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 April 1948 at 12:24:50 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 9 April 1948 — the first day of lunar month 3.
- 23 April 1948 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 3, which falls near the full moon.
- 5 April 1948 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.