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May 2023 Chinese lunar calendar

May 2023 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 3 / 4. Full moon: 6 May. New moon: 19 May. Beginning of Summer: 6 May. Grain Buds: 21 May.

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Lunar 2023 month 3 into 2023 month 4 · Yin Water Rabbit 癸卯 year pillar at mid-month

Month pillar at mid-month: Yin Fire Snake · 丁巳
Solar terms: Beginning of Summer · 6 at 02:18:46 UTC+8; Grain Buds · 21 at 15:09:10 UTC+8
Lunar boundary: 18 May 2023 closes lunar 2023 month 3; lunar 2023 month 4 begins 19 May 2023.

Lunar-year structure

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13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 2 (29 days).

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The Moon this month · UTC+8

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Boundaries & marked days

19 May 2023 — lunar 2023 month 3 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2023 month 4 opens.
6 May 2023 at 02:18:46 UTC+8 — Beginning of Summer, 立夏 Lìxià, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
21 May 2023 at 15:09:10 UTC+8 — Grain Buds, 小满 Xiǎomǎn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
4 May 2023 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 3, which falls near the full moon.
19 May 2023 — the first day of lunar month 4.