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May 2012 Chinese lunar calendar

May 2012 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 4 / leap 4. Full moon: 6 May. New moon: 21 May. Beginning of Summer: 5 May. Grain Buds: 20 May.

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Lunar 2012 month 4 into 2012 leap month 4 · Yang Water Dragon 壬辰 year pillar at mid-month

Month pillar at mid-month: Yin Wood Snake · 乙巳
Solar terms: Beginning of Summer · 5 at 10:19:41 UTC+8; Grain Buds · 20 at 23:15:31 UTC+8
Lunar boundary: 20 May 2012 closes lunar 2012 month 4; lunar 2012 leap month 4 begins 21 May 2012.

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13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 4 (29 days).

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Boundaries & marked days

21 May 2012 — lunar 2012 month 4 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2012 leap month 4 opens.
5 May 2012 at 10:19:41 UTC+8 — Beginning of Summer, 立夏 Lìxià, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
20 May 2012 at 23:15:31 UTC+8 — Grain Buds, 小满 Xiǎomǎn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
5 May 2012 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 4, which falls near the full moon.
21 May 2012 — the first day of lunar month 4.