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May 2036 has 31 days, spanning lunar months 4 / 5. Dragon Boat Festival: 30 May. Full moon: 10 May. New moon: 26 May. Beginning of Summer: 5 May. Grain Buds: 20 May.
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Lunar 2036 month 4 into 2036 month 5 · Yang Fire Dragon 丙辰 year pillar at mid-month
- Month pillar at mid-month
- Yin Water Snake · 癸巳
- Solar terms
- Beginning of Summer · 5 at 05:49:24 UTC+8; Grain Buds · 20 at 18:44:54 UTC+8
- Lunar boundary
- 25 May 2036 closes lunar 2036 month 4; lunar 2036 month 5 begins 26 May 2036.
Lunar-year structure
The lunar year around this month
Lunar 2036
13 lunar months · 384 days · leap month 6 (30 days).
May 2036 day by day
Gregorian dates, Chinese lunar dates, moon boundaries, festivals, and solar terms.
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14/6戊辰Earth Dragon24/7己巳Earth Snake34/8庚午Metal Horse4/9辛未Metal Goat54/10壬申Water MonkeyBeginning of Summer64/11癸酉Water Rooster74/12甲戌Wood Dog84/13乙亥Wood Pig94/14丙子Fire Rat104/15丁丑Fire OxLunar mid-month4/16戊寅Earth Tiger124/17己卯Earth Rabbit134/18庚辰Metal Dragon144/19辛巳Metal Snake154/20壬午Water Horse164/21癸未Water Goat174/22甲申Wood Monkey4/23乙酉Wood Rooster194/24丙戌Fire Dog204/25丁亥Fire PigGrain Buds214/26戊子Earth Rat224/27己丑Earth Ox234/28庚寅Metal Tiger244/29辛卯Metal Rabbit4/30壬辰Water Dragon265/1癸巳Water SnakeLunar month opens275/2甲午Wood Horse285/3乙未Wood Goat295/4丙申Fire Monkey5/5丁酉Fire Rooster315/6戊戌Earth DogThe Moon this month · UTC+8
May 2036 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 4/8
Full moon
Lunar 4/15
Last quarter
Lunar 4/23
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 2036
- 26 May 2036 — lunar 2036 month 4 ends the day before, on day 30, and lunar 2036 month 5 opens.
- 5 May 2036 at 05:49:24 UTC+8 — Beginning of Summer, 立夏 Lìxià, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 20 May 2036 at 18:44:54 UTC+8 — Grain Buds, 小满 Xiǎomǎn, one of the twenty-four solar terms.
- 10 May 2036 — lunar mid-month, the fifteenth day of lunar month 4, which falls near the full moon.
- 26 May 2036 — the first day of lunar month 5.
- 30 May 2036 — Dragon Boat Festival, lunar 5/5. The fifth day of the fifth lunar month, often called the double-fifth.