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April 2005 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 2 / 3. Qingming Festival: 5 Apr. New moon: 9 Apr. Full moon: 24 Apr. Pure Brightness: 5 Apr. Grain Rain: 20 Apr.
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Lunar 2005 month 2 into 2005 month 3 · Yin Wood Rooster 乙酉 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Metal Dragon · 庚辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 5 at 00:34:17 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 20 at 07:37:15 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 8 April 2005 closes lunar 2005 month 2; lunar 2005 month 3 begins 9 April 2005.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2005
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
April 2005 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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12/23乙卯Wood Rabbit22/24丙辰Fire Dragon2/25丁巳Fire Snake42/26戊午Earth Horse2/27己未Earth GoatPure Brightness62/28庚申Metal Monkey72/29辛酉Metal Rooster82/30壬戌Water Dog93/1癸亥Water PigLunar month opens3/2甲子Wood Rat113/3乙丑Wood Ox123/4丙寅Fire Tiger133/5丁卯Fire Rabbit143/6戊辰Earth Dragon153/7己巳Earth Snake163/8庚午Metal Horse3/9辛未Metal Goat183/10壬申Water Monkey193/11癸酉Water Rooster203/12甲戌Wood DogGrain Rain213/13乙亥Wood Pig223/14丙子Fire Rat233/15丁丑Fire OxLunar mid-month3/16戊寅Earth Tiger253/17己卯Earth Rabbit263/18庚辰Metal Dragon273/19辛巳Metal Snake283/20壬午Water Horse293/21癸未Water Goat303/22甲申Wood MonkeyThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 2005 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 2/24
New moon
Lunar 3/1
First quarter
Lunar 3/8
Full moon
Lunar 3/16
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 2005
- 9 April 2005 — lunar 2005 month 2 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2005 month 3 opens.
- 5 April 2005 at 00:34:17 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 April 2005 at 07:37:15 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 9 April 2005 — the first day of lunar month 3.
- 23 April 2005 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 3, which falls near the full moon.
- 5 April 2005 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.