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Chinese calendar, 26 May 1906

26 May 1906 is lunar leap month 4, day 4, 1906, the Fire Horse year. The day pillar is Yang Metal Horse. 11 named Yi activities; 2 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waxing crescent.

Solar term

Xiǎomǎn · Grain Buds

Since 22 May 1906

26

Saturday

May 1906

Lunar date

Leap 4th Month · 4th Day

一九〇六闰四初四

Leap month

Year of the

Fire Horse

Yang Fire Horse · 丙午

Fire is both the year element and the Horse’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Fire.

Solar term

Xiǎomǎn · Grain Buds

since 22 May 1906

Moon phase

Waxing crescent

Lunar day 4 · between principal phases

Daily almanac · 1906-05-26

The daily almanac & observances

26 May 1906
Traditional day classification

Auspicious · Huang Dao

Azure Dragon 青龙 · 黄道

Huang Dao and Hei Dao name the day-god cycle. For a particular plan, read its Yi and Ji activities below.

Inside this lunar month

Leap month 4 · 30 days

23 May 190621 June 1906. 26 days remain after this date.

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Next festival & customs

Dragon Boat Festival

26 June 1906 · In communities especially around the middle and lower Yangtze, observances may combine local memorial rites, dragon-boat sports and rice-dumpling feasts; even the honoured hero varies by region.

The Moon this month · UTC+8

May 1906 moon phases

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  1. First quarter

    Lunar 4/9

  2. Full moon

    Lunar 4/15

  3. Last quarter

    Lunar 4/22

  4. New moon

    Lunar leap 4/1

  5. First quarter

    Lunar leap 4/9

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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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 Metal Horse · 庚午— 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.
  • Yin Fire · Dīng (primary)
  • Yin Earth · (middle)
Month pillar 月柱
Yin Water Snake · 癸巳— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
Year pillar 年柱
Yang Fire Horse · 丙午Fire reinforces Fire; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
Day Na Yin 纳音
Roadside Earth · 路旁土— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Earth.
Day animal 生肖
Horse · — the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
Opposes 冲
Yang Wood Rat · 甲子— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
Lunar mansion 宿
Stomach · — this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.West palace (西) · Boar creature () · traditionally favourable ()
Day officer 建除
Remove · — determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
Auspicious directions 吉方
  • Joy 喜神: Northwest (西北)
  • Blessing 福神: Southwest (西南)
  • Wealth 财神: East (正东)
Three traditional direction markers determined by this date’s heavenly stem.
Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
The verse cautions against setting warp and weft, saying the loom may stand empty.庚不经络织机虚张The verse cautions against roofing a house, saying its owner may have to make changes.午不苫盖屋主更张Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.

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