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Chinese calendar, 7 April 2023

7 April 2023 is lunar leap month 2, day 17, 2023, the Water Rabbit year. The day pillar is Yin Wood Goat. 4 named Yi activities; 2 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waning gibbous.

Solar term

Qīngmíng · Pure Brightness

Since 5 April 2023

7

Friday

April 2023

Lunar date

Leap 2nd Month · 17th Day

二〇二三闰二十七

Leap month

Year of the

Water Rabbit

Yin Water Rabbit · 癸卯

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

Solar term

Qīngmíng · Pure Brightness

since 5 April 2023

Moon phase

Waning gibbous

Lunar day 17 · between principal phases

Daily almanac · 2023-04-07

The daily almanac & observances

7 April 2023
Traditional day classification

Inauspicious · Hei Dao

Vermilion Bird 朱雀 · 黑道

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

Leap month 2 · 29 days

22 March 202319 April 2023. 12 days remain after this date.

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Next festival & customs

Dragon Boat Festival

22 June 2023 · 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 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 →

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Gregorian dates and corresponding Chinese lunar month and day for March 2023
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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 Goat · 乙未— 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.
  • Yin Earth · (primary)
  • Yin Fire · Dīng (middle)
  • Yin Wood · (residual)
Month pillar 月柱
Yang Fire Dragon · 丙辰— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
Year pillar 年柱
Yin Water Rabbit · 癸卯Water generates Wood; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
Day Na Yin 纳音
Sand Metal · 沙中金— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Metal.
Day animal 生肖
Goat · — the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
Opposes 冲
Yin Earth Ox · 己丑— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
Lunar mansion 宿
Neck · — this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.East palace () · Dragon creature () · traditionally unfavourable ()
Day officer 建除
Balance · — 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 taking medicine, saying harm may enter the body.未不服药毒气入肠Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.Do not skip or delay prescribed medicine because of a traditional verse.

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7 April 2023 corresponds to lunar year 2023, the leap occurrence of month 2, day 17, in the 癸卯 year — the Year of the Rabbit. You can enter another date in the date converter.

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