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April 2006 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 3 / 4. Qingming Festival: 5 Apr. Full moon: 14 Apr. New moon: 28 Apr. Pure Brightness: 5 Apr. Grain Rain: 20 Apr.
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Lunar 2006 month 3 into 2006 month 4 · Yang Fire Dog 丙戌 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Water Dragon · 壬辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 5 at 06:15:31 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 20 at 13:26:03 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 27 April 2006 closes lunar 2006 month 3; lunar 2006 month 4 begins 28 April 2006.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2006
13 lunar months · 385 days · leap month 7 (29 days).
April 2006 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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13/4庚申Metal Monkey3/5辛酉Metal Rooster33/6壬戌Water Dog43/7癸亥Water Pig3/8甲子Wood RatPure Brightness63/9乙丑Wood Ox73/10丙寅Fire Tiger83/11丁卯Fire Rabbit3/12戊辰Earth Dragon103/13己巳Earth Snake113/14庚午Metal Horse123/15辛未Metal GoatLunar mid-month133/16壬申Water Monkey143/17癸酉Water Rooster153/18甲戌Wood Dog3/19乙亥Wood Pig173/20丙子Fire Rat183/21丁丑Fire Ox193/22戊寅Earth Tiger203/23己卯Earth RabbitGrain Rain213/24庚辰Metal Dragon223/25辛巳Metal Snake3/26壬午Water Horse243/27癸未Water Goat253/28甲申Wood Monkey263/29乙酉Wood Rooster273/30丙戌Fire Dog284/1丁亥Fire PigLunar month opens294/2戊子Earth Rat4/3己丑Earth OxThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 2006 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 3/8
Full moon
Lunar 3/17
Last quarter
Lunar 3/24
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 2006
- 28 April 2006 — lunar 2006 month 3 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2006 month 4 opens.
- 5 April 2006 at 06:15:31 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 April 2006 at 13:26:03 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 12 April 2006 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 3, which falls near the full moon.
- 28 April 2006 — the first day of lunar month 4.
- 5 April 2006 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.