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May 2020 Chinese lunar calendar

May 2020 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 4 / leap 4. Full moon: 7 May. New moon: 23 May. Beginning of Summer: 5 May. Grain Buds: 20 May.

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Lunar 2020 month 4 into 2020 leap month 4 · Yang Metal Rat 庚子 year pillar at mid-month

Month pillar at mid-month: Yin Metal Snake · 辛巳
Solar terms: Beginning of Summer · 5 at 08:51:23 UTC+8; Grain Buds · 20 at 21:49:17 UTC+8
Lunar boundary: 22 May 2020 closes lunar 2020 month 4; lunar 2020 leap month 4 begins 23 May 2020.

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

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Boundaries & marked days

23 May 2020 — lunar 2020 month 4 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2020 leap month 4 opens.
5 May 2020 at 08:51:23 UTC+8 — Beginning of Summer, 立夏 Lìxià, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
20 May 2020 at 21:49:17 UTC+8 — Grain Buds, 小满 Xiǎomǎn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
7 May 2020 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 4, which falls near the full moon.
23 May 2020 — the first day of lunar month 4.