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April 2023 Chinese lunar calendar

April 2023 has 30 days, spanning lunar months leap 2 / 3. Qingming Festival: 5 Apr. Full moon: 6 Apr. New moon: 20 Apr. Pure Brightness: 5 Apr. Grain Rain: 20 Apr.

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Lunar 2023 leap month 2 into 2023 month 3 · Yin Water Rabbit 癸卯 year pillar at mid-month

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Month pillar at mid-month
Yang Fire Dragon · 丙辰
Solar terms
Pure Brightness · 5 at 09:13:04 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 20 at 16:13:37 UTC+8
Lunar boundary
19 April 2023 closes lunar 2023 leap month 2; lunar 2023 month 3 begins 20 April 2023.

Lunar-year structure

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Lunar 2023

13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 2 (29 days).

April 2023 day by day

Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.

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12/11己丑Ox22/12庚寅Tiger32/13辛卯Rabbit42/14壬辰DragonFestival52/15癸巳SnakeQingming FestivalLunar mid-monthPure Brightness62/16甲午Horse72/17乙未Goat82/18丙申Monkey92/19丁酉Rooster102/20戊戌Dog112/21己亥Pig122/22庚子Rat132/23辛丑Ox142/24壬寅Tiger152/25癸卯Rabbit162/26甲辰Dragon172/27乙巳Snake182/28丙午Horse192/29丁未Goat203/1戊申MonkeyLunar month opensGrain Rain213/2己酉Rooster223/3庚戌Dog233/4辛亥Pig243/5壬子Rat253/6癸丑Ox263/7甲寅Tiger273/8乙卯Rabbit283/9丙辰Dragon293/10丁巳Snake303/11戊午Horse

The Moon this month · UTC+8

April 2023 moon phases

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  1. Full moon

    Lunar leap 2/16

  2. Last quarter

    Lunar leap 2/23

  3. New moon

    Lunar 3/1

  4. First quarter

    Lunar 3/9

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 2023

  • 20 April 2023 — lunar 2023 leap month 2 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2023 month 3 opens.
  • 5 April 2023 at 09:13:04 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
  • 20 April 2023 at 16:13:37 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
  • 5 April 2023 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 2, which falls near the full moon.
  • 20 April 2023 — the first day of lunar month 3.
  • 5 April 2023 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.

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