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April 1963 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 3 / 4. Qingming Festival: 5 Apr. Full moon: 9 Apr. New moon: 24 Apr. Pure Brightness: 5 Apr. Grain Rain: 21 Apr.
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Lunar 1963 month 3 into 1963 month 4 · Yin Water Rabbit 癸卯 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Fire Dragon · 丙辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 5 at 20:18:39 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 21 at 03:36:07 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 23 April 1963 closes lunar 1963 month 3; lunar 1963 month 4 begins 24 April 1963.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1963
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 4 (29 days).
April 1963 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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13/8甲戌Wood Dog23/9乙亥Wood Pig33/10丙子Fire Rat43/11丁丑Fire Ox3/12戊寅Earth TigerPure Brightness63/13己卯Earth Rabbit3/14庚辰Metal Dragon83/15辛巳Metal SnakeLunar mid-month93/16壬午Water Horse103/17癸未Water Goat113/18甲申Wood Monkey123/19乙酉Wood Rooster133/20丙戌Fire Dog3/21丁亥Fire Pig153/22戊子Earth Rat163/23己丑Earth Ox173/24庚寅Metal Tiger183/25辛卯Metal Rabbit193/26壬辰Water Dragon203/27癸巳Water Snake3/28甲午Wood HorseGrain Rain223/29乙未Wood Goat233/30丙申Fire Monkey244/1丁酉Fire RoosterLunar month opens254/2戊戌Earth Dog264/3己亥Earth Pig274/4庚子Metal Rat4/5辛丑Metal Ox294/6壬寅Water Tiger304/7癸卯Water RabbitThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 1963 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 3/8
Full moon
Lunar 3/16
Last quarter
Lunar 3/24
New moon
Lunar 4/1
First quarter
Lunar 4/7
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 1963
- 24 April 1963 — lunar 1963 month 3 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1963 month 4 opens.
- 5 April 1963 at 20:18:39 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 April 1963 at 03:36:07 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 8 April 1963 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 3, which falls near the full moon.
- 24 April 1963 — the first day of lunar month 4.
- 5 April 1963 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.