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April 2026 Chinese lunar calendar

April 2026 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 2 / 3. Qingming Festival: 5 Apr. Full moon: 2 Apr. New moon: 17 Apr. Pure Brightness: 5 Apr. Grain Rain: 20 Apr.

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Lunar 2026 month 2 into 2026 month 3 · Yang Fire Horse 丙午 year pillar at mid-month

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Month pillar at mid-month
Yang Water Dragon · 壬辰
Solar terms
Pure Brightness · 5 at 02:40:00 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 20 at 09:39:08 UTC+8
Lunar boundary
16 April 2026 closes lunar 2026 month 2; lunar 2026 month 3 begins 17 April 2026.

Lunar-year structure

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Lunar 2026

12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.

April 2026 day by day

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

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12/14乙巳Snake22/15丙午HorseLunar mid-month32/16丁未Goat42/17戊申MonkeyFestival52/18己酉RoosterQingming FestivalPure Brightness62/19庚戌Dog72/20辛亥Pig82/21壬子Rat92/22癸丑Ox102/23甲寅Tiger112/24乙卯Rabbit122/25丙辰Dragon132/26丁巳Snake142/27戊午Horse152/28己未Goat162/29庚申Monkey173/1辛酉RoosterLunar month opens183/2壬戌Dog193/3癸亥Pig203/4甲子RatGrain Rain213/5乙丑Ox223/6丙寅Tiger233/7丁卯Rabbit243/8戊辰Dragon253/9己巳Snake263/10庚午Horse273/11辛未Goat283/12壬申Monkey293/13癸酉Rooster303/14甲戌Dog

The Moon this month · UTC+8

April 2026 moon phases

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  1. Full moon

    Lunar 2/15

  2. Last quarter

    Lunar 2/23

  3. New moon

    Lunar 3/1

  4. First quarter

    Lunar 3/8

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 2026

  • 17 April 2026 — lunar 2026 month 2 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2026 month 3 opens.
  • 5 April 2026 at 02:40:00 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
  • 20 April 2026 at 09:39:08 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
  • 2 April 2026 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 2, which falls near the full moon.
  • 17 April 2026 — the first day of lunar month 3.
  • 5 April 2026 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.

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