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May 1991 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 3 / 4. New moon: 14 May. Full moon: 28 May. Beginning of Summer: 6 May. Grain Buds: 21 May.
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Lunar 1991 month 3 into 1991 month 4 · Yin Metal Goat 辛未 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Water Snake · 癸巳
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Summer · 6 at 08:26:53 UTC+8; Grain Buds · 21 at 21:20:14 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 13 May 1991 closes lunar 1991 month 3; lunar 1991 month 4 begins 14 May 1991.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 1991
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
May 1991 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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13/17辛未Metal Goat23/18壬申Water Monkey33/19癸酉Water Rooster43/20甲戌Wood Dog3/21乙亥Wood Pig63/22丙子Fire RatBeginning of Summer73/23丁丑Fire Ox83/24戊寅Earth Tiger93/25己卯Earth Rabbit103/26庚辰Metal Dragon113/27辛巳Metal Snake3/28壬午Water Horse133/29癸未Water Goat144/1甲申Wood MonkeyLunar month opens154/2乙酉Wood Rooster164/3丙戌Fire Dog174/4丁亥Fire Pig184/5戊子Earth Rat4/6己丑Earth Ox204/7庚寅Metal Tiger214/8辛卯Metal RabbitGrain Buds224/9壬辰Water Dragon234/10癸巳Water Snake244/11甲午Wood Horse254/12乙未Wood Goat4/13丙申Fire Monkey274/14丁酉Fire Rooster284/15戊戌Earth DogLunar mid-month294/16己亥Earth Pig304/17庚子Metal Rat314/18辛丑Metal OxThe Moon this month · UTC+8
May 1991 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 1991
- 14 May 1991 — lunar 1991 month 3 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1991 month 4 opens.
- 6 May 1991 at 08:26:53 UTC+8 — Beginning of Summer, 立夏 Lìxià, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 May 1991 at 21:20:14 UTC+8 — Grain Buds, 小满 Xiǎomǎn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 14 May 1991 — the first day of lunar month 4.
- 28 May 1991 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 4, which falls near the full moon.

