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May 1956 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 3 / 4. New moon: 10 May. Full moon: 24 May. Beginning of Summer: 5 May. Grain Buds: 21 May.
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Lunar 1956 month 3 into 1956 month 4 · Yang Fire Monkey 丙申 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Water Snake · 癸巳
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Summer · 5 at 21:09:58 UTC+8; Grain Buds · 21 at 10:12:32 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 9 May 1956 closes lunar 1956 month 3; lunar 1956 month 4 begins 10 May 1956.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1956
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
May 1956 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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13/21戊辰Earth Dragon23/22己巳Earth Snake33/23庚午Metal Horse43/24辛未Metal Goat53/25壬申Water MonkeyBeginning of Summer3/26癸酉Water Rooster73/27甲戌Wood Dog83/28乙亥Wood Pig93/29丙子Fire Rat104/1丁丑Fire OxLunar month opens114/2戊寅Earth Tiger124/3己卯Earth Rabbit4/4庚辰Metal Dragon144/5辛巳Metal Snake154/6壬午Water Horse164/7癸未Water Goat174/8甲申Wood Monkey184/9乙酉Wood Rooster194/10丙戌Fire Dog4/11丁亥Fire Pig214/12戊子Earth RatGrain Buds224/13己丑Earth Ox234/14庚寅Metal Tiger244/15辛卯Metal RabbitLunar mid-month254/16壬辰Water Dragon264/17癸巳Water Snake4/18甲午Wood Horse284/19乙未Wood Goat294/20丙申Fire Monkey304/21丁酉Fire Rooster314/22戊戌Earth DogThe Moon this month · UTC+8
May 1956 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 3/23
New moon
Lunar 4/1
First quarter
Lunar 4/8
Full moon
Lunar 4/15
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 1956
- 10 May 1956 — lunar 1956 month 3 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1956 month 4 opens.
- 5 May 1956 at 21:09:58 UTC+8 — Beginning of Summer, 立夏 Lìxià, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 May 1956 at 10:12:32 UTC+8 — Grain Buds, 小满 Xiǎomǎn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 10 May 1956 — the first day of lunar month 4.
- 24 May 1956 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 4, which falls near the full moon.

