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May 1951 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 3 / 4. New moon: 6 May. Full moon: 21 May. Beginning of Summer: 6 May. Grain Buds: 22 May.
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Lunar 1951 month 3 into 1951 month 4 · Yin Metal Rabbit 辛卯 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Water Snake · 癸巳
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Summer · 6 at 16:09:15 UTC+8; Grain Buds · 22 at 05:15:22 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 5 May 1951 closes lunar 1951 month 3; lunar 1951 month 4 begins 6 May 1951.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1951
12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.
May 1951 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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13/26辛丑Metal Ox23/27壬寅Water Tiger33/28癸卯Water Rabbit43/29甲辰Wood Dragon53/30乙巳Wood Snake4/1丙午Fire HorseLunar month opensBeginning of Summer74/2丁未Fire Goat84/3戊申Earth Monkey94/4己酉Earth Rooster104/5庚戌Metal Dog114/6辛亥Metal Pig124/7壬子Water Rat4/8癸丑Water Ox144/9甲寅Wood Tiger154/10乙卯Wood Rabbit164/11丙辰Fire Dragon174/12丁巳Fire Snake184/13戊午Earth Horse194/14己未Earth Goat4/15庚申Metal MonkeyLunar mid-month214/16辛酉Metal Rooster224/17壬戌Water DogGrain Buds234/18癸亥Water Pig244/19甲子Wood Rat254/20乙丑Wood Ox264/21丙寅Fire Tiger4/22丁卯Fire Rabbit284/23戊辰Earth Dragon294/24己巳Earth Snake304/25庚午Metal Horse314/26辛未Metal GoatThe Moon this month · UTC+8
May 1951 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 4/1
First quarter
Lunar 4/9
Full moon
Lunar 4/16
Last quarter
Lunar 4/23
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 1951
- 6 May 1951 — lunar 1951 month 3 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1951 month 4 opens.
- 6 May 1951 at 16:09:15 UTC+8 — Beginning of Summer, 立夏 Lìxià, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 22 May 1951 at 05:15:22 UTC+8 — Grain Buds, 小满 Xiǎomǎn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 6 May 1951 — the first day of lunar month 4.
- 20 May 1951 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 4, which falls near the full moon.

