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July 1956 Chinese lunar calendar

July 1956 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 5 / 6. New moon: 8 Jul. Full moon: 23 Jul. Minor Heat: 7 Jul. Major Heat: 23 Jul.

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Lunar 1956 month 5 into 1956 month 6 · Yang Fire Monkey 丙申 year pillar at mid-month

Month pillar at mid-month: Yin Wood Goat · 乙未
Solar terms: Minor Heat · 7 at 11:57:59 UTC+8; Major Heat · 23 at 05:19:52 UTC+8
Lunar boundary: 7 July 1956 closes lunar 1956 month 5; lunar 1956 month 6 begins 8 July 1956.

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Boundaries & marked days

8 July 1956 — lunar 1956 month 5 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1956 month 6 opens.
7 July 1956 at 11:57:59 UTC+8 — Minor Heat, 小暑 Xiǎoshǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
23 July 1956 at 05:19:52 UTC+8 — Major Heat, 大暑 Dàshǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
8 July 1956 — the first day of lunar month 6.
22 July 1956 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 6, which falls near the full moon.