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May 1959 Chinese lunar calendar

May 1959 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 3 / 4. New moon: 8 May. Full moon: 22 May. Beginning of Summer: 6 May. Grain Buds: 22 May.

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Lunar 1959 month 3 into 1959 month 4 · Yin Earth Pig 己亥 year pillar at mid-month

Month pillar at mid-month: Yin Earth Snake · 己巳
Solar terms: Beginning of Summer · 6 at 14:38:42 UTC+8; Grain Buds · 22 at 03:42:05 UTC+8
Lunar boundary: 7 May 1959 closes lunar 1959 month 3; lunar 1959 month 4 begins 8 May 1959.

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Boundaries & marked days

8 May 1959 — lunar 1959 month 3 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1959 month 4 opens.
6 May 1959 at 14:38:42 UTC+8 — Beginning of Summer, 立夏 Lìxià, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
22 May 1959 at 03:42:05 UTC+8 — Grain Buds, 小满 Xiǎomǎn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
8 May 1959 — the first day of lunar month 4.
22 May 1959 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 4, which falls near the full moon.