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May 2018 Chinese lunar calendar

May 2018 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 3 / 4. New moon: 15 May. Full moon: 29 May. Beginning of Summer: 5 May. Grain Buds: 21 May.

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Lunar 2018 month 3 into 2018 month 4 · Yang Earth Dog 戊戌 year pillar at mid-month

Month pillar at mid-month: Yin Fire Snake · 丁巳
Solar terms: Beginning of Summer · 5 at 21:25:22 UTC+8; Grain Buds · 21 at 10:14:38 UTC+8
Lunar boundary: 14 May 2018 closes lunar 2018 month 3; lunar 2018 month 4 begins 15 May 2018.

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Boundaries & marked days

15 May 2018 — lunar 2018 month 3 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2018 month 4 opens.
5 May 2018 at 21:25:22 UTC+8 — Beginning of Summer, 立夏 Lìxià, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
21 May 2018 at 10:14:38 UTC+8 — Grain Buds, 小满 Xiǎomǎn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
15 May 2018 — the first day of lunar month 4.
29 May 2018 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 4, which falls near the full moon.