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Chinese calendar, 15 April 2025

15 April 2025 is lunar month 3, day 18, 2025, the Wood Snake year. The day pillar is Yang Wood Tiger. 17 named Yi activities; 4 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waning gibbous.

Solar term

Qīngmíng · Pure Brightness

Since 4 April 2025

15

Tuesday

April 2025

Lunar date

3rd Month · 18th Day

二〇二五年三月十八

Year of the

Wood Snake

Yin Wood Snake · 乙巳

Wood generates Fire in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Snake’s fixed element.

Solar term

Qīngmíng · Pure Brightness

since 4 April 2025

Moon phase

Waning gibbous

Lunar day 18 · between principal phases

Daily almanac · 2025-04-15

The daily almanac & observances

15 April 2025
Traditional day classification

Auspicious · Huang Dao

Controller of Destiny 司命 · 黄道

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

宜 Traditionally suitable

忌 Traditionally avoid

Inside this lunar month

Month 3 · 30 days

29 March 2025–27 April 2025. 12 days remain after this date.

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Next festival & customs

Dragon Boat Festival

31 May 2025 · 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 2025 moon phases

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  1. First quarter

    Lunar 3/8

  2. Full moon

    Lunar 3/16

  3. Last quarter

    Lunar 3/24

  4. 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 →

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Gregorian dates and corresponding Chinese lunar month and day for April 2025
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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
Yang Wood Tiger · 甲寅— 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 Wood · Jiǎ 甲 (primary)
  • Yang Fire · Bǐng 丙 (middle)
  • Yang Earth · Wù 戊 (residual)
Month pillar 月柱
Yang Metal Dragon · 庚辰— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
Year pillar 年柱
Yin Wood Snake · 乙巳— Wood generates Fire; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
Day Na Yin 纳音
Great Stream Water · 大溪水— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Water.
Day animal 生肖
Tiger · 虎— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
Opposes 冲
Yang Earth Monkey · 戊申— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
Lunar mansion 宿
Encampment · 室— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace (北) · Pig creature (猪) · traditionally favourable (吉)
Day officer 建除
Open · 开— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
Auspicious directions 吉方
  • Joy 喜神: Northeast (东北)
  • Blessing 福神: North (正北)
  • 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 opening a storehouse, saying possessions may be lost.甲不开仓财物耗散The verse cautions against ritual offerings, saying spirits may not receive them.寅不祭祀神鬼不尝Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.

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15 April 2025 corresponds to lunar year 2025, month 3, day 18, in the 乙巳 year — the Year of the Snake. You can enter another date in the date converter.

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