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May 2024 Chinese lunar calendar

May 2024 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 3 / 4. New moon: 8 May. Full moon: 23 May. Beginning of Summer: 5 May. Grain Buds: 20 May.

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Lunar 2024 month 3 into 2024 month 4 · Yang Wood Dragon 甲辰 year pillar at mid-month

Month pillar at mid-month: Yin Earth Snake · 己巳
Solar terms: Beginning of Summer · 5 at 08:10:05 UTC+8; Grain Buds · 20 at 20:59:31 UTC+8
Lunar boundary: 7 May 2024 closes lunar 2024 month 3; lunar 2024 month 4 begins 8 May 2024.

Lunar-year structure

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12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.

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The Moon this month · UTC+8

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Boundaries & marked days

8 May 2024 — lunar 2024 month 3 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2024 month 4 opens.
5 May 2024 at 08:10:05 UTC+8 — Beginning of Summer, 立夏 Lìxià, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
20 May 2024 at 20:59:31 UTC+8 — Grain Buds, 小满 Xiǎomǎn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
8 May 2024 — the first day of lunar month 4.
22 May 2024 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 4, which falls near the full moon.