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May 2006 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 4 / 5. Dragon Boat Festival: 31 May. Full moon: 13 May. New moon: 27 May. Beginning of Summer: 5 May. Grain Buds: 21 May.
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Lunar 2006 month 4 into 2006 month 5 · Yang Fire Dog 丙戌 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Water Snake · 癸巳
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Summer · 5 at 23:30:39 UTC+8; Grain Buds · 21 at 12:31:33 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 26 May 2006 closes lunar 2006 month 4; lunar 2006 month 5 begins 27 May 2006.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2006
13 lunar months · 385 days · leap month 7 (29 days).
May 2006 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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14/4庚寅Metal Tiger24/5辛卯Metal Rabbit34/6壬辰Water Dragon44/7癸巳Water Snake54/8甲午Wood HorseBeginning of Summer64/9乙未Wood Goat4/10丙申Fire Monkey84/11丁酉Fire Rooster94/12戊戌Earth Dog104/13己亥Earth Pig114/14庚子Metal Rat124/15辛丑Metal OxLunar mid-month134/16壬寅Water Tiger4/17癸卯Water Rabbit154/18甲辰Wood Dragon164/19乙巳Wood Snake174/20丙午Fire Horse184/21丁未Fire Goat194/22戊申Earth Monkey204/23己酉Earth Rooster4/24庚戌Metal DogGrain Buds224/25辛亥Metal Pig234/26壬子Water Rat244/27癸丑Water Ox254/28甲寅Wood Tiger264/29乙卯Wood Rabbit275/1丙辰Fire DragonLunar month opens5/2丁巳Fire Snake295/3戊午Earth Horse305/4己未Earth Goat5/5庚申Metal MonkeyThe Moon this month · UTC+8
May 2006 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 4/8
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 2006
- 27 May 2006 — lunar 2006 month 4 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2006 month 5 opens.
- 5 May 2006 at 23:30:39 UTC+8 — Beginning of Summer, 立夏 Lìxià, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 May 2006 at 12:31:33 UTC+8 — Grain Buds, 小满 Xiǎomǎn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 12 May 2006 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 4, which falls near the full moon.
- 27 May 2006 — the first day of lunar month 5.
- 31 May 2006 — Dragon Boat Festival, lunar 5/5. The fifth day of the fifth lunar month, often called the double-fifth.