About April 2026
April 2026 has 30 days. On the Korean lunar calendar it runs from lunar month 2, day 14, 2026 to lunar month 3, day 14, 2026. In the sexagenary cycle the lunar year is 2026: 丙午 (byeong-o).
The new moon (day 1 of a lunar month) falls on April 17, and day 15 on April 2. Day 15 is a calendar date, so the fullest moon can be a day off.
Solar terms this month
- Pure Brightness (淸明) — begins April 5 at 03:40 KST, when the Sun reaches 15° ecliptic longitude: the sky turns clear and bright.
- Grain Rain (穀雨) — begins April 20 at 10:39 KST, when the Sun reaches 30° ecliptic longitude: spring rain helps the grain grow.
Lunar months in this solar month: month 2 (29 days), month 3 (30 days). A lunar month has 29 or 30 days depending on the Moon's cycle.
Public holidays and workdays
There are no public holidays this month. All 22 weekdays are workdays.
Long weekends and leave this month
There is no break of three or more days made of weekends and public holidays this month.
No single or double day of leave this month joins a longer break. Plan all your leave days: leave planner →
How to read the day pillar and solar terms
The day pillar (iljin) is the sexagenary name given to each day. Ten heavenly stems and twelve earthly branches pair up in turn, so the same name returns every 60 days. A manseryeok lists the pillars of the year, month, day and hour, and the day pillar in Korean saju (Four Pillars) is the day pillar of the birth date.
The 24 solar terms divide the Sun’s path into 15° steps. They follow the solar calendar, so they fall on nearly the same dates every year, and each begins at an exact minute. Times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+9).
Lunar dates and day pillars come from the korean-lunar-calendar library (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute tables). Solar term times come from the manseryeok library, matched to KASI’s tables to the minute.