Chinese lunar calendar · month archive
Current month’s calendar & events →May 1981 Chinese lunar calendar
May 1981 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 3 / 4. New moon: 4 May. Full moon: 19 May. Beginning of Summer: 5 May. Grain Buds: 21 May.
Choose “Save as PDF” in your browser’s print destination to keep this calendar.
Lunar 1981 month 3 into 1981 month 4 · Yin Metal Rooster 辛酉 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Water Snake · 癸巳
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Summer · 5 at 22:34:47 UTC+8; Grain Buds · 21 at 11:39:25 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 3 May 1981 closes lunar 1981 month 3; lunar 1981 month 4 begins 4 May 1981.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1981
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
May 1981 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
13/27己卯Earth Rabbit23/28庚辰Metal Dragon3/29辛巳Metal Snake44/1壬午Water HorseLunar month opens54/2癸未Water GoatBeginning of Summer64/3甲申Wood Monkey74/4乙酉Wood Rooster84/5丙戌Fire Dog94/6丁亥Fire Pig4/7戊子Earth Rat114/8己丑Earth Ox124/9庚寅Metal Tiger134/10辛卯Metal Rabbit144/11壬辰Water Dragon154/12癸巳Water Snake164/13甲午Wood Horse4/14乙未Wood Goat184/15丙申Fire MonkeyLunar mid-month194/16丁酉Fire Rooster204/17戊戌Earth Dog214/18己亥Earth PigGrain Buds224/19庚子Metal Rat234/20辛丑Metal Ox4/21壬寅Water Tiger254/22癸卯Water Rabbit264/23甲辰Wood Dragon274/24乙巳Wood Snake284/25丙午Fire Horse294/26丁未Fire Goat304/27戊申Earth Monkey4/28己酉Earth RoosterThe Moon this month · UTC+8
May 1981 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 4/1
First quarter
Lunar 4/8
Full moon
Lunar 4/16
Last quarter
Lunar 4/24
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 1981
- 4 May 1981 — lunar 1981 month 3 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1981 month 4 opens.
- 5 May 1981 at 22:34:47 UTC+8 — Beginning of Summer, 立夏 Lìxià, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 May 1981 at 11:39:25 UTC+8 — Grain Buds, 小满 Xiǎomǎn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 4 May 1981 — the first day of lunar month 4.
- 18 May 1981 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 4, which falls near the full moon.

