Daily calendar conversion
Chinese calendar, 26 January 1903
26 January 1903 is lunar month 12, day 28, 1902, the Water Tiger year. The day pillar is Yang Wood Tiger. 26 named Yi activities; 7 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waning crescent.
Monday
January 1903
Lunar date
12th Month · 28th Day
一九〇二年腊月廿八
Year of the
Water generates Wood in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Tiger’s fixed element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 28 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1903-01-26
The daily almanac & observances
甲寅 Yang Wood Tiger
The stem gives Wood; the branch gives Tiger.
Read this stem against your Day Master →Huang Dao and Hei Dao name the day-god cycle. For a particular plan, read its Yi and Ji activities below.
宜 Traditionally suitable
- Make a formal betrothal proposal纳采
- Formalize a betrothal agreement订盟
- Move residence移徙
- Receive funds纳财
- Open a business or market开市
- Trade交易
- Sign a contract立券
- Move into a new home入宅
- Meet relatives and friends会亲友
- Ritual cleansing or removal解除
- Seek medical care求医
- Treat an illness治病
- Begin school入学
- Set up a bed安床
- Install a door安门
- Install an incense altar安香
- Move a sacred altar or flame出火
- Dismantle a structure拆卸
- Clean the house扫舍
- Hang a signboard or plaque挂匾
- Prepare a grave in advance开生坟
- Make a coffin合寿木
- Begin burial excavation破土
- Repair a grave修坟
- Reopen a grave for reburial启钻
- Place the deceased in a coffin入殓
忌 Traditionally avoid
Medical care should follow clinical need; do not postpone treatment because of an almanac entry.
Month 12 · 30 days
30 December 1902–28 January 1903. 2 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Lunar New Year's Eve
28 January 1903 · In China, many families share a reunion dinner and stay up late to greet the new year, while the meal and surrounding rituals vary by region.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
January 1903 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 12/9
Full moon
Lunar 12/15
Last quarter
Lunar 12/22
New moon
Lunar 1/1
Calculated phase moments use fixed UTC+8. A lunar day number and a Moon phase describe different things. How they fit together →
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Calendar terms explained
This day in the traditional cycles
Each result below names this date’s position and explains what the term means.
- Day pillar 日柱
- Yang Wood Tiger · 甲寅— this date’s position in the repeating 60-day stem–branch cycle.Hidden stems are stems conventionally contained in the day pillar’s earthly branch. Primary is the main layer; middle and residual are secondary layers.
- Yang Wood · Jiǎ 甲 (primary)
- Yang Fire · Bǐng 丙 (middle)
- Yang Earth · Wù 戊 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Water Ox · 癸丑— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Water Tiger · 壬寅— Water generates Wood; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Great Stream Water · 大溪水— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Water.
- Day animal 生肖
- Tiger · 虎— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Earth Monkey · 戊申— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Heart · 心— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.East palace (东) · Fox creature (狐) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Remove · 除— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
- Auspicious directions 吉方
- Joy 喜神: Northeast (东北)
- Blessing 福神: North (正北)
- Wealth 财神: Northeast (东北)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against opening a storehouse, saying possessions may be lost.甲不开仓财物耗散The verse cautions against ritual offerings, saying spirits may not receive them.寅不祭祀神鬼不尝Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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