Conditional Formatting--Relative References Not Working Correctly

I am trying to set up a relatively simple calendar that automatically updates for changes in our company being opened or closed and uses another planning worksheet to update changes.

Anyway, I am trying to use conditional formatting to highlight those days that are not in the current month differently.  I am also trying to use conditional formatting to highlight those days that we are closed in another different way.  Each calendar day is represented by four different cells one cell has the day number in it.  The cell beside the day has the notice if we are closed, and the two cells that remain are merged in the row below for any special notations.

I am finding that if I do not use absolute cell references in my conditional formulas the formatting does not work correctly.  I would like to copy these multiple formulas over 35 different four-cell combinations, but to make the various formulas work I am having to go into Manage Conditional Formatting and open each individual rule and change the absolute references for each day grouping of cells.  I need an easier way to copy the formatting.  I am still only working on the first month.

Here are the way some of my rules are written:

1)  =$G$11<DAY($AD$2)                     where AD2 is the date of the opening of the season;  rule applies to G11:H12  (H11 & H12 are merged)

2)  =AND($G$11<15,$H$11="CLOSED")             this applies to G11:H12   the manager is also checked to stop if this is true

3)  =$H$11="CLOSED"                      this applies to G11:H12

4)  =$G$11<15                                 applies to G11:H12

I would really like all the cell references for cells G11 and H11 above to be able to be relative, but when I change them in the rule to relative only part of the 4 cells that I want to follow the rule actually are formatting correctly.  Some of the cells act as though there is no conditional formatting at all.  This has been especially noticeable in the cell H11.

I would like to be able to copy the conditional formatting easily to all of the days, but I cannot do that when only the absolute references are working.

I hope that you have some suggestions out there.