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Chinese calendar, 22 April 2022

22 April 2022 is lunar month 3, day 22, 2022, the Water Tiger year. The day pillar is Yin Wood Snake. 14 named Yi activities; 8 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waning gibbous.

Solar term

Gǔyǔ · Grain Rain

Since 20 April 2022

22

Friday

April 2022

Lunar date

3rd Month · 22nd Day

二〇二二廿二

Year of the

Water Tiger

Yang Water Tiger · 壬寅

Water generates Wood in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Tiger’s fixed element.

Solar term

Gǔyǔ · Grain Rain

since 20 April 2022

Moon phase

Waning gibbous

Lunar day 22 · between principal phases

Daily almanac · 2022-04-22

The daily almanac & observances

22 April 2022
Traditional day classification

Auspicious · Huang Dao

Bright Hall 明堂 · 黄道

Huang Dao and Hei Dao name the day-god cycle. For a particular plan, read its Yi and Ji activities below.

Inside this lunar month

Month 3 · 30 days

1 April 202230 April 2022. 8 days remain after this date.

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Next festival & customs

Dragon Boat Festival

3 June 2022 · In communities especially around the middle and lower Yangtze, observances may combine local memorial rites, dragon-boat sports and rice-dumpling feasts; even the honoured hero varies by region.

The Moon this month · UTC+8

April 2022 moon phases

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  1. New moon

    Lunar 3/1

  2. First quarter

    Lunar 3/9

  3. Full moon

    Lunar 3/17

  4. Last quarter

    Lunar 3/23

Calculated phase moments use fixed UTC+8. A lunar day number and a Moon phase describe different things. How they fit together →

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Gregorian dates and corresponding Chinese lunar month and day for April 2022
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Calendar terms explained

This day in the traditional cycles

Each result below names this date’s position and explains what the term means.

Day pillar 日柱
Yin Wood Snake · 乙巳— this date’s position in the repeating 60-day stem–branch cycle.Hidden stems are stems conventionally contained in the day pillar’s earthly branch. Primary is the main layer; middle and residual are secondary layers.
  • Yang Fire · Bǐng (primary)
  • Yang Metal · Gēng (middle)
  • Yang Earth · (residual)
Month pillar 月柱
Yang Wood Dragon · 甲辰— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
Year pillar 年柱
Yang Water Tiger · 壬寅Water generates Wood; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
Day Na Yin 纳音
Covered-lamp Fire · 覆灯火— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Fire.
Day animal 生肖
Snake · — the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
Opposes 冲
Yin Earth Pig · 己亥— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
Lunar mansion 宿
Bond · — this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.West palace (西) · Dog creature () · traditionally favourable ()
Day officer 建除
Remove · — determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
Auspicious directions 吉方
  • Joy 喜神: Northwest (西北)
  • Blessing 福神: Southwest (西南)
  • Wealth 财神: Northeast (东北)
Three traditional direction markers determined by this date’s heavenly stem.
Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
The verse cautions against planting, saying even many plants may not grow.乙不栽植千株不长The verse cautions against long travel, saying possessions may be hidden or lost.巳不远行财物伏藏Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.

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