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May 2026 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 3 / 4. Full moon: 2 May. New moon: 17 May. Full moon: 31 May. Beginning of Summer: 5 May. Grain Buds: 21 May.
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Lunar 2026 month 3 into 2026 month 4 · Yang Fire Horse 丙午 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Water Snake · 癸巳
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Summer · 5 at 19:48:44 UTC+8; Grain Buds · 21 at 08:36:45 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 16 May 2026 closes lunar 2026 month 3; lunar 2026 month 4 begins 17 May 2026.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2026
12 lunar months · 354 days · no leap month.
May 2026 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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13/15乙亥Wood PigLunar mid-month23/16丙子Fire Rat3/17丁丑Fire Ox43/18戊寅Earth Tiger53/19己卯Earth RabbitBeginning of Summer63/20庚辰Metal Dragon73/21辛巳Metal Snake83/22壬午Water Horse93/23癸未Water Goat3/24甲申Wood Monkey113/25乙酉Wood Rooster123/26丙戌Fire Dog133/27丁亥Fire Pig143/28戊子Earth Rat153/29己丑Earth Ox163/30庚寅Metal Tiger4/1辛卯Metal RabbitLunar month opens184/2壬辰Water Dragon194/3癸巳Water Snake204/4甲午Wood Horse214/5乙未Wood GoatGrain Buds224/6丙申Fire Monkey234/7丁酉Fire Rooster4/8戊戌Earth Dog254/9己亥Earth Pig264/10庚子Metal Rat274/11辛丑Metal Ox284/12壬寅Water Tiger294/13癸卯Water Rabbit304/14甲辰Wood Dragon4/15乙巳Wood SnakeLunar mid-monthThe Moon this month · UTC+8
May 2026 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 3/16
Last quarter
Lunar 3/24
New moon
Lunar 4/1
First quarter
Lunar 4/7
Full moon
Lunar 4/15
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 2026
- 17 May 2026 — lunar 2026 month 3 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2026 month 4 opens.
- 5 May 2026 at 19:48:44 UTC+8 — Beginning of Summer, 立夏 Lìxià, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 21 May 2026 at 08:36:45 UTC+8 — Grain Buds, 小满 Xiǎomǎn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 1 May 2026 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 3, which falls near the full moon.
- 17 May 2026 — the first day of lunar month 4.
- 31 May 2026 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 4, which falls near the full moon.