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May 2011 Chinese lunar calendar

May 2011 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 3 / 4. New moon: 3 May. Full moon: 17 May. Beginning of Summer: 6 May. Grain Buds: 21 May.

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Lunar 2011 month 3 into 2011 month 4 · Yin Metal Rabbit 辛卯 year pillar at mid-month

Month pillar at mid-month: Yin Water Snake · 癸巳
Solar terms: Beginning of Summer · 6 at 04:23:13 UTC+8; Grain Buds · 21 at 17:21:10 UTC+8
Lunar boundary: 2 May 2011 closes lunar 2011 month 3; lunar 2011 month 4 begins 3 May 2011.

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Boundaries & marked days

3 May 2011 — lunar 2011 month 3 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2011 month 4 opens.
6 May 2011 at 04:23:13 UTC+8 — Beginning of Summer, 立夏 Lìxià, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
21 May 2011 at 17:21:10 UTC+8 — Grain Buds, 小满 Xiǎomǎn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
3 May 2011 — the first day of lunar month 4.
17 May 2011 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 4, which falls near the full moon.