6 April: Today is the New Year of the Elves.

It is Thursday according to the Shire Reckoning. On this day in 2941 TA, Gandalf the Grey meets Holman Greenhand and learns that Bilbo Baggins has left Bag-end on the previous day. Bilbo will stay away for a couple of more days.

(Source: https://www.amazon.de/Moon-Hobbit-Phases-seas…/…/ref=sr_1_1… , p. 53, referring to "The Quest of Erebor" in "Unfinished Tales".)