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May 1903 Chinese lunar calendar

May 1903 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 4 / 5. Dragon Boat Festival: 31 May. Full moon: 11 May. New moon: 27 May. Beginning of Summer: 7 May. Grain Buds: 22 May.

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Lunar 1903 month 4 into 1903 month 5 · Yin Water Rabbit 癸卯 year pillar at mid-month

Month pillar at mid-month
Yin Fire Snake · 丁巳
Solar terms
Beginning of Summer · 7 at 01:25:22 UTC+8; Grain Buds · 22 at 14:45:01 UTC+8
Lunar boundary
26 May 1903 closes lunar 1903 month 4; lunar 1903 month 5 begins 27 May 1903.

Lunar-year structure

The lunar year around this month

Lunar 1903

13 lunar months · 383 days · leap month 5 (29 days).

The Moon this month · UTC+8

May 1903 moon phases

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  1. First quarter

    Lunar 4/8

  2. Full moon

    Lunar 4/15

  3. Last quarter

    Lunar 4/23

  4. New moon

    Lunar 5/1

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 May 1903

  • 27 May 1903 — lunar 1903 month 4 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1903 month 5 opens.
  • 7 May 1903 at 01:25:22 UTC+8Beginning of Summer, 立夏 Lìxià, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
  • 22 May 1903 at 14:45:01 UTC+8Grain Buds, 小满 Xiǎomǎn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
  • 11 May 1903lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 4, which falls near the full moon.
  • 27 May 1903the first day of lunar month 5.
  • 31 May 1903Dragon Boat Festival, lunar 5/5. The fifth day of the fifth lunar month, often called the double-fifth.

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