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April 2014 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 3 / 4. Qingming Festival: 5 Apr. Full moon: 15 Apr. New moon: 29 Apr. Pure Brightness: 5 Apr. Grain Rain: 20 Apr.
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Lunar 2014 month 3 into 2014 month 4 · Yang Wood Horse 甲午 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Earth Dragon · 戊辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 5 at 04:46:40 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 20 at 11:55:33 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 28 April 2014 closes lunar 2014 month 3; lunar 2014 month 4 begins 29 April 2014.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2014
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 9 (29 days).
April 2014 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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13/2壬寅Water Tiger23/3癸卯Water Rabbit33/4甲辰Wood Dragon43/5乙巳Wood Snake3/6丙午Fire HorsePure Brightness3/7丁未Fire Goat73/8戊申Earth Monkey83/9己酉Earth Rooster93/10庚戌Metal Dog103/11辛亥Metal Pig113/12壬子Water Rat123/13癸丑Water Ox3/14甲寅Wood Tiger143/15乙卯Wood RabbitLunar mid-month153/16丙辰Fire Dragon163/17丁巳Fire Snake173/18戊午Earth Horse183/19己未Earth Goat193/20庚申Metal Monkey3/21辛酉Metal RoosterGrain Rain213/22壬戌Water Dog223/23癸亥Water Pig233/24甲子Wood Rat243/25乙丑Wood Ox253/26丙寅Fire Tiger263/27丁卯Fire Rabbit3/28戊辰Earth Dragon283/29己巳Earth Snake294/1庚午Metal HorseLunar month opens304/2辛未Metal GoatThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 2014 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 3/8
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 2014
- 29 April 2014 — lunar 2014 month 3 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2014 month 4 opens.
- 5 April 2014 at 04:46:40 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 April 2014 at 11:55:33 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 14 April 2014 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 3, which falls near the full moon.
- 29 April 2014 — the first day of lunar month 4.
- 5 April 2014 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.