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April 1971 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 3 / 4. Qingming Festival: 5 Apr. Full moon: 11 Apr. New moon: 25 Apr. Pure Brightness: 5 Apr. Grain Rain: 21 Apr.
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Lunar 1971 month 3 into 1971 month 4 · Yin Metal Pig 辛亥 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Water Dragon · 壬辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 5 at 18:36:00 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 21 at 01:54:13 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 24 April 1971 closes lunar 1971 month 3; lunar 1971 month 4 begins 25 April 1971.
Lunar-year structure
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Lunar 1971
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 5 (29 days).
April 1971 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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13/6丙辰Fire Dragon23/7丁巳Fire Snake33/8戊午Earth Horse3/9己未Earth Goat3/10庚申Metal MonkeyPure Brightness63/11辛酉Metal Rooster73/12壬戌Water Dog83/13癸亥Water Pig93/14甲子Wood Rat103/15乙丑Wood OxLunar mid-month3/16丙寅Fire Tiger123/17丁卯Fire Rabbit133/18戊辰Earth Dragon143/19己巳Earth Snake153/20庚午Metal Horse163/21辛未Metal Goat173/22壬申Water Monkey3/23癸酉Water Rooster193/24甲戌Wood Dog203/25乙亥Wood Pig213/26丙子Fire RatGrain Rain223/27丁丑Fire Ox233/28戊寅Earth Tiger243/29己卯Earth Rabbit4/1庚辰Metal DragonLunar month opens264/2辛巳Metal Snake274/3壬午Water Horse284/4癸未Water Goat294/5甲申Wood Monkey304/6乙酉Wood RoosterThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 1971 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 3/7
Full moon
Lunar 3/16
Last quarter
Lunar 3/23
New moon
Lunar 4/1
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 1971
- 25 April 1971 — lunar 1971 month 3 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1971 month 4 opens.
- 5 April 1971 at 18:36:00 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 April 1971 at 01:54:13 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 10 April 1971 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 3, which falls near the full moon.
- 25 April 1971 — the first day of lunar month 4.
- 5 April 1971 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.