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May 1968 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 4 / 5. Dragon Boat Festival: 31 May. Full moon: 12 May. New moon: 27 May. Beginning of Summer: 5 May. Grain Buds: 21 May.
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Lunar 1968 month 4 into 1968 month 5 · Yang Earth Monkey 戊申 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Fire Snake · 丁巳
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Summer · 5 at 18:55:47 UTC+8; Grain Buds · 21 at 08:05:50 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 26 May 1968 closes lunar 1968 month 4; lunar 1968 month 5 begins 27 May 1968.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1968
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 7 (29 days).
May 1968 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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14/5辛未Metal Goat24/6壬申Water Monkey34/7癸酉Water Rooster44/8甲戌Wood Dog4/9乙亥Wood PigBeginning of Summer64/10丙子Fire Rat74/11丁丑Fire Ox84/12戊寅Earth Tiger94/13己卯Earth Rabbit104/14庚辰Metal Dragon114/15辛巳Metal SnakeLunar mid-month4/16壬午Water Horse134/17癸未Water Goat144/18甲申Wood Monkey154/19乙酉Wood Rooster164/20丙戌Fire Dog174/21丁亥Fire Pig184/22戊子Earth Rat4/23己丑Earth Ox204/24庚寅Metal Tiger214/25辛卯Metal RabbitGrain Buds224/26壬辰Water Dragon234/27癸巳Water Snake244/28甲午Wood Horse254/29乙未Wood Goat4/30丙申Fire Monkey275/1丁酉Fire RoosterLunar month opens285/2戊戌Earth Dog295/3己亥Earth Pig305/4庚子Metal Rat5/5辛丑Metal OxThe Moon this month · UTC+8
May 1968 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 4/10
Full moon
Lunar 4/16
Last quarter
Lunar 4/23
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 1968
- 27 May 1968 — lunar 1968 month 4 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 1968 month 5 opens.
- 5 May 1968 at 18:55:47 UTC+8 — Beginning of Summer, 立夏 Lìxià, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 May 1968 at 08:05:50 UTC+8 — Grain Buds, 小满 Xiǎomǎn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 11 May 1968 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 4, which falls near the full moon.
- 27 May 1968 — the first day of lunar month 5.
- 31 May 1968 — Dragon Boat Festival, lunar 5/5. The fifth day of the fifth lunar month, often called the double-fifth.