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April 1961 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 2 / 3. Qingming Festival: 5 Apr. Full moon: 1 Apr. New moon: 15 Apr. Pure Brightness: 5 Apr. Grain Rain: 20 Apr.
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Lunar 1961 month 2 into 1961 month 3 · Yin Metal Ox 辛丑 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Water Dragon · 壬辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 5 at 08:42:07 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 20 at 15:55:02 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 14 April 1961 closes lunar 1961 month 2; lunar 1961 month 3 begins 15 April 1961.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1961
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
April 1961 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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12/16甲子Wood Rat2/17乙丑Wood Ox32/18丙寅Fire Tiger42/19丁卯Fire Rabbit2/20戊辰Earth DragonPure Brightness62/21己巳Earth Snake72/22庚午Metal Horse82/23辛未Metal Goat2/24壬申Water Monkey102/25癸酉Water Rooster112/26甲戌Wood Dog122/27乙亥Wood Pig132/28丙子Fire Rat142/29丁丑Fire Ox153/1戊寅Earth TigerLunar month opens3/2己卯Earth Rabbit173/3庚辰Metal Dragon183/4辛巳Metal Snake193/5壬午Water Horse203/6癸未Water GoatGrain Rain213/7甲申Wood Monkey223/8乙酉Wood Rooster3/9丙戌Fire Dog243/10丁亥Fire Pig253/11戊子Earth Rat263/12己丑Earth Ox273/13庚寅Metal Tiger283/14辛卯Metal Rabbit293/15壬辰Water DragonLunar mid-month3/16癸巳Water SnakeThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 1961 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 2/16
Last quarter
Lunar 2/23
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 1961
- 15 April 1961 — lunar 1961 month 2 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1961 month 3 opens.
- 5 April 1961 at 08:42:07 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 April 1961 at 15:55:02 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 15 April 1961 — the first day of lunar month 3.
- 29 April 1961 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 3, which falls near the full moon.
- 5 April 1961 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.