# If Five is your lucky number, today is your lucky day

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 4, 2012, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-five-is-your-lucky-number-today-is-your-lucky-day/620907 "2012-05-04T18:41:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-five-is-your-lucky-number-today-is-your-lucky-day/620907/1 "2012-05-04T18:41:44Z")

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Today is May 5, the fifth day of the fifth month. Starting from zero on New Year’s Day, today is the 125th (5x5x5) day of the year. This lunar month is the fifth lunar month in the Chinese calendar.

Today also marks the fifth full moon of the year. The year 2012 is 2555 in the Thai calendar.

Today is a major holiday in Thailand, being the anniversary of the Coronation of the present Monarch, who descends in the fifth generation from his Dynasty’s founder.

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**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-five-is-your-lucky-number-today-is-your-lucky-day/620907/2 "2012-05-04T20:06:33Z")

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2+0+1+2 = 5

How could you miss that one?

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**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-five-is-your-lucky-number-today-is-your-lucky-day/620907/3 "2012-05-04T20:20:22Z")

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Or that today is the 4th

edit: Oh, unless you’re in Thailand

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**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-five-is-your-lucky-number-today-is-your-lucky-day/620907/4 "2012-05-04T20:36:08Z")

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No, today is the 4th. Stop posting from the future.