Ho Chi Minh's Birthday, May 19
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19/05/2026, Tuesday 19/05/2026, lunar 3/4 in the year Bính Ngọ
19/05/2026 is President Hồ Chí Minh's Birthday. It is a hắc đạo (inauspicious) day under Câu Trần, day officer Kiến, in the solar term Lập Hạ. Good for: set out, meet people, state your intention; begin something small; read, analyse, take time alone. Avoid: groundbreaking, digging; big work that demands full effort at once; negotiating or deciding in haste. In folk almanacs this is a Tam Nương day, traditionally avoided for big undertakings.
- Solar date
- 19/05/2026
- Lunar date
- 3/4, Bính Ngọ year
- Day stem and branch
- Quý Tỵ
- Observance
- President Hồ Chí Minh's Birthday
- Auspicious hours
- Sửu, Thìn, Ngọ, Mùi, Tuất, Hợi
- Julian day number N of 19/05/20262461180
- Day 1: the date of the latest new moon (UTC+7)17/05/2026
- Lunar day = N - N(day 1) + 12461180 - 2461178 + 1 = 3
- Lunar month, counted from month 11 (the one with the winter solstice)month 4
- Lunar year 2026: (2026 - 4) mod 10, mod 12Bính Ngọ
- Lunar dateday 3 of month 4, Bính Ngọ year
Based on the traditional almanac, for reference.
Traditional systems
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