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July 2016 Chinese lunar calendar

July 2016 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 5 / 6. New moon: 4 Jul. Full moon: 20 Jul. Minor Heat: 7 Jul. Major Heat: 22 Jul.

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Lunar 2016 month 5 into 2016 month 6 · Yang Fire Monkey 丙申 year pillar at mid-month

Month pillar at mid-month: Yin Wood Goat · 乙未
Solar terms: Minor Heat · 7 at 00:03:21 UTC+8; Major Heat · 22 at 17:30:12 UTC+8
Lunar boundary: 3 July 2016 closes lunar 2016 month 5; lunar 2016 month 6 begins 4 July 2016.

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Boundaries & marked days

4 July 2016 — lunar 2016 month 5 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2016 month 6 opens.
7 July 2016 at 00:03:21 UTC+8 — Minor Heat, 小暑 Xiǎoshǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
22 July 2016 at 17:30:12 UTC+8 — Major Heat, 大暑 Dàshǔ, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
4 July 2016 — the first day of lunar month 6.
18 July 2016 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 6, which falls near the full moon.