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May 2017 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 4 / 5. Dragon Boat Festival: 30 May. Full moon: 11 May. New moon: 26 May. Beginning of Summer: 5 May. Grain Buds: 21 May.
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Lunar 2017 month 4 into 2017 month 5 · Yin Fire Rooster 丁酉 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Wood Snake · 乙巳
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Summer · 5 at 15:31:02 UTC+8; Grain Buds · 21 at 04:30:56 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 25 May 2017 closes lunar 2017 month 4; lunar 2017 month 5 begins 26 May 2017.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2017
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 6 (30 days).
May 2017 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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14/6戊子Earth Rat24/7己丑Earth Ox34/8庚寅Metal Tiger44/9辛卯Metal Rabbit54/10壬辰Water DragonBeginning of Summer64/11癸巳Water Snake4/12甲午Wood Horse84/13乙未Wood Goat94/14丙申Fire Monkey104/15丁酉Fire RoosterLunar mid-month114/16戊戌Earth Dog124/17己亥Earth Pig134/18庚子Metal Rat4/19辛丑Metal Ox154/20壬寅Water Tiger164/21癸卯Water Rabbit174/22甲辰Wood Dragon184/23乙巳Wood Snake194/24丙午Fire Horse204/25丁未Fire Goat4/26戊申Earth MonkeyGrain Buds224/27己酉Earth Rooster234/28庚戌Metal Dog244/29辛亥Metal Pig254/30壬子Water Rat265/1癸丑Water OxLunar month opens275/2甲寅Wood Tiger5/3乙卯Wood Rabbit295/4丙辰Fire Dragon5/5丁巳Fire Snake315/6戊午Earth HorseThe Moon this month · UTC+8
May 2017 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 4/8
Full moon
Lunar 4/16
Last quarter
Lunar 4/24
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 2017
- 26 May 2017 — lunar 2017 month 4 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2017 month 5 opens.
- 5 May 2017 at 15:31:02 UTC+8 — Beginning of Summer, 立夏 Lìxià, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 May 2017 at 04:30:56 UTC+8 — Grain Buds, 小满 Xiǎomǎn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 10 May 2017 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 4, which falls near the full moon.
- 26 May 2017 — the first day of lunar month 5.
- 30 May 2017 — Dragon Boat Festival, lunar 5/5. The fifth day of the fifth lunar month, often called the double-fifth.