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May 2025 Chinese lunar calendar

May 2025 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 4 / 5. Dragon Boat Festival: 31 May. Full moon: 13 May. New moon: 27 May. Beginning of Summer: 5 May. Grain Buds: 21 May.

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Lunar 2025 month 4 into 2025 month 5 · Yin Wood Snake 乙巳 year pillar at mid-month

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Month pillar at mid-month
Yin Metal Snake · 辛巳
Solar terms
Beginning of Summer · 5 at 13:57:13 UTC+8; Grain Buds · 21 at 02:54:39 UTC+8
Lunar boundary
26 May 2025 closes lunar 2025 month 4; lunar 2025 month 5 begins 27 May 2025.

Lunar-year structure

The lunar year around this month

Lunar 2025

13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 6 (29 days).

May 2025 day by day

Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.

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14/4庚午Horse24/5辛未Goat34/6壬申Monkey44/7癸酉Rooster54/8甲戌DogBeginning of Summer64/9乙亥Pig74/10丙子Rat84/11丁丑Ox94/12戊寅Tiger104/13己卯Rabbit114/14庚辰Dragon124/15辛巳SnakeLunar mid-month134/16壬午Horse144/17癸未Goat154/18甲申Monkey164/19乙酉Rooster174/20丙戌Dog184/21丁亥Pig194/22戊子Rat204/23己丑Ox214/24庚寅TigerGrain Buds224/25辛卯Rabbit234/26壬辰Dragon244/27癸巳Snake254/28甲午Horse264/29乙未Goat275/1丙申MonkeyLunar month opens285/2丁酉Rooster295/3戊戌Dog305/4己亥PigFestival315/5庚子RatDragon Boat Festival

The Moon this month · UTC+8

May 2025 moon phases

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  1. First quarter

    Lunar 4/7

  2. Full moon

    Lunar 4/16

  3. Last quarter

    Lunar 4/23

  4. 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 2025

  • 27 May 2025 — lunar 2025 month 4 ends the day before, on day 29, and lunar 2025 month 5 opens.
  • 5 May 2025 at 13:57:13 UTC+8 — Beginning of Summer, 立夏 Lìxià, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
  • 21 May 2025 at 02:54:39 UTC+8 — Grain Buds, 小满 Xiǎomǎn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
  • 12 May 2025 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 4, which falls near the full moon.
  • 27 May 2025 — the first day of lunar month 5.
  • 31 May 2025 — Dragon Boat Festival, lunar 5/5. The fifth day of the fifth lunar month, often called the double-fifth.

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