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May 1996 Chinese lunar calendar

May 1996 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 3 / 4. Full moon: 3 May. New moon: 17 May. Beginning of Summer: 5 May. Grain Buds: 21 May.

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Lunar 1996 month 3 into 1996 month 4 · Yang Fire Rat 丙子 year pillar at mid-month

Month pillar at mid-month: Yin Water Snake · 癸巳
Solar terms: Beginning of Summer · 5 at 13:26:02 UTC+8; Grain Buds · 21 at 02:23:06 UTC+8
Lunar boundary: 16 May 1996 closes lunar 1996 month 3; lunar 1996 month 4 begins 17 May 1996.

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Boundaries & marked days

17 May 1996 — lunar 1996 month 3 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 1996 month 4 opens.
5 May 1996 at 13:26:02 UTC+8 — Beginning of Summer, 立夏 Lìxià, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
21 May 1996 at 02:23:06 UTC+8 — Grain Buds, 小满 Xiǎomǎn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
2 May 1996 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 3, which falls near the full moon.
17 May 1996 — the first day of lunar month 4.
31 May 1996 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 4, which falls near the full moon.