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May 2016 Chinese lunar calendar

May 2016 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 3 / 4. New moon: 7 May. Full moon: 22 May. Beginning of Summer: 5 May. Grain Buds: 20 May.

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Lunar 2016 month 3 into 2016 month 4 · Yang Fire Monkey 丙申 year pillar at mid-month

Month pillar at mid-month: Yin Water Snake · 癸巳
Solar terms: Beginning of Summer · 5 at 09:41:53 UTC+8; Grain Buds · 20 at 22:36:29 UTC+8
Lunar boundary: 6 May 2016 closes lunar 2016 month 3; lunar 2016 month 4 begins 7 May 2016.

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12 lunar months · 355 days · no leap month.

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Boundaries & marked days

7 May 2016 — lunar 2016 month 3 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2016 month 4 opens.
5 May 2016 at 09:41:53 UTC+8 — Beginning of Summer, 立夏 Lìxià, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
20 May 2016 at 22:36:29 UTC+8 — Grain Buds, 小满 Xiǎomǎn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
7 May 2016 — the first day of lunar month 4.
21 May 2016 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 4, which falls near the full moon.