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May 1941 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 4 / 5. Dragon Boat Festival: 30 May. Full moon: 11 May. New moon: 26 May. Beginning of Summer: 6 May. Grain Buds: 21 May.
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Lunar 1941 month 4 into 1941 month 5 · Yin Metal Snake 辛巳 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Water Snake · 癸巳
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Summer · 6 at 06:09:50 UTC+8; Grain Buds · 21 at 19:22:47 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 25 May 1941 closes lunar 1941 month 4; lunar 1941 month 5 begins 26 May 1941.
Lunar-year structure
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Lunar 1941
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 6 (30 days).
May 1941 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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14/6己酉Earth Rooster24/7庚戌Metal Dog34/8辛亥Metal Pig4/9壬子Water Rat54/10癸丑Water Ox64/11甲寅Wood TigerBeginning of Summer74/12乙卯Wood Rabbit84/13丙辰Fire Dragon94/14丁巳Fire Snake104/15戊午Earth HorseLunar mid-month4/16己未Earth Goat124/17庚申Metal Monkey134/18辛酉Metal Rooster144/19壬戌Water Dog154/20癸亥Water Pig164/21甲子Wood Rat174/22乙丑Wood Ox4/23丙寅Fire Tiger194/24丁卯Fire Rabbit204/25戊辰Earth Dragon214/26己巳Earth SnakeGrain Buds224/27庚午Metal Horse234/28辛未Metal Goat244/29壬申Water Monkey4/30癸酉Water Rooster265/1甲戌Wood DogLunar month opens275/2乙亥Wood Pig285/3丙子Fire Rat295/4丁丑Fire Ox5/5戊寅Earth Tiger315/6己卯Earth RabbitThe Moon this month · UTC+8
May 1941 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 4/9
Full moon
Lunar 4/16
Last quarter
Lunar 4/23
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 1941
- 26 May 1941 — lunar 1941 month 4 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1941 month 5 opens.
- 6 May 1941 at 06:09:50 UTC+8 — Beginning of Summer, 立夏 Lìxià, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 May 1941 at 19:22:47 UTC+8 — Grain Buds, 小满 Xiǎomǎn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 10 May 1941 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 4, which falls near the full moon.
- 26 May 1941 — the first day of lunar month 5.
- 30 May 1941 — Dragon Boat Festival, lunar 5/5. The fifth day of the fifth lunar month, often called the double-fifth.