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April 2046 has 30 days, spanning lunar months 2 / 3. Qingming Festival: 4 Apr. New moon: 6 Apr. Full moon: 21 Apr. Pure Brightness: 4 Apr. Grain Rain: 20 Apr.
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Lunar 2046 month 2 into 2046 month 3 · Yang Fire Tiger 丙寅 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yang Water Dragon · 壬辰
- Solar terms
- Pure Brightness · 4 at 22:45:03 UTC+8; Grain Rain · 20 at 05:39:01 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 5 April 2046 closes lunar 2046 month 2; lunar 2046 month 3 begins 6 April 2046.
Lunar-year structure
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Lunar 2046
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
April 2046 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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2/25庚寅Metal Tiger22/26辛卯Metal Rabbit32/27壬辰Water Dragon2/28癸巳Water SnakePure Brightness52/29甲午Wood Horse63/1乙未Wood GoatLunar month opens73/2丙申Fire Monkey3/3丁酉Fire Rooster93/4戊戌Earth Dog103/5己亥Earth Pig113/6庚子Metal Rat123/7辛丑Metal Ox133/8壬寅Water Tiger143/9癸卯Water Rabbit3/10甲辰Wood Dragon163/11乙巳Wood Snake173/12丙午Fire Horse183/13丁未Fire Goat193/14戊申Earth Monkey203/15己酉Earth RoosterLunar mid-monthGrain Rain213/16庚戌Metal Dog3/17辛亥Metal Pig233/18壬子Water Rat243/19癸丑Water Ox253/20甲寅Wood Tiger263/21乙卯Wood Rabbit273/22丙辰Fire Dragon283/23丁巳Fire Snake3/24戊午Earth Horse303/25己未Earth GoatThe Moon this month · UTC+8
April 2046 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 3/1
First quarter
Lunar 3/9
Full moon
Lunar 3/16
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 →
Boundaries & marked days
What happens in April 2046
- 6 April 2046 — lunar 2046 month 2 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2046 month 3 opens.
- 4 April 2046 at 22:45:03 UTC+8 — Pure Brightness, 清明 Qīngmíng, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 April 2046 at 05:39:01 UTC+8 — Grain Rain, 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 6 April 2046 — the first day of lunar month 3.
- 20 April 2046 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 3, which falls near the full moon.
- 4 April 2046 — Qingming Festival. An observance fixed by the Qingming solar-term instant rather than by a numbered lunar day.