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May 1946 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 4 / 5. New moon: 1 May. Full moon: 16 May. New moon: 31 May. Beginning of Summer: 6 May. Grain Buds: 22 May.
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Lunar 1946 month 4 into 1946 month 5 · Yang Fire Dog 丙戌 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Water Snake · 癸巳
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Summer · 6 at 11:21:29 UTC+8; Grain Buds · 22 at 00:33:53 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 30 May 1946 closes lunar 1946 month 4; lunar 1946 month 5 begins 31 May 1946.
Lunar-year structure
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Lunar 1946
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
May 1946 day by day
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14/1乙亥Wood PigLunar month opens24/2丙子Fire Rat34/3丁丑Fire Ox44/4戊寅Earth Tiger4/5己卯Earth Rabbit64/6庚辰Metal DragonBeginning of Summer74/7辛巳Metal Snake84/8壬午Water Horse94/9癸未Water Goat104/10甲申Wood Monkey114/11乙酉Wood Rooster4/12丙戌Fire Dog134/13丁亥Fire Pig144/14戊子Earth Rat154/15己丑Earth OxLunar mid-month164/16庚寅Metal Tiger174/17辛卯Metal Rabbit184/18壬辰Water Dragon4/19癸巳Water Snake204/20甲午Wood Horse214/21乙未Wood Goat224/22丙申Fire MonkeyGrain Buds234/23丁酉Fire Rooster244/24戊戌Earth Dog254/25己亥Earth Pig4/26庚子Metal Rat274/27辛丑Metal Ox284/28壬寅Water Tiger294/29癸卯Water Rabbit304/30甲辰Wood Dragon315/1乙巳Wood SnakeLunar month opensThe Moon this month · UTC+8
May 1946 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 4/1
First quarter
Lunar 4/8
Full moon
Lunar 4/16
Last quarter
Lunar 4/24
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 1946
- 31 May 1946 — lunar 1946 month 4 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1946 month 5 opens.
- 6 May 1946 at 11:21:29 UTC+8 — Beginning of Summer, 立夏 Lìxià, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 22 May 1946 at 00:33:53 UTC+8 — Grain Buds, 小满 Xiǎomǎn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 1 May 1946 — the first day of lunar month 4.
- 15 May 1946 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 4, which falls near the full moon.
- 31 May 1946 — the first day of lunar month 5.