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Chinese calendar, 12 May 1907

12 May 1907 is lunar month 4, day 1, 1907, the Fire Goat year. The day pillar is Yin Metal Rooster. 11 named Yi activities; 1 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; new moon.

Solar term

Lìxià · Beginning of Summer

Since 7 May 1907

12

Sunday

May 1907

Lunar date

4th Month · 1st Day

一九〇七初一

Year of the

Fire Goat

Yin Fire Goat · 丁未

Fire generates Earth in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Goat’s fixed element.

Solar term

Lìxià · Beginning of Summer

since 7 May 1907

Moon phase

New moon

16:59 · UTC+8

Daily almanac · 1907-05-12

The daily almanac & observances

12 May 1907
Traditional day classification

Inauspicious · Hei Dao

Vermilion Bird 朱雀 · 黑道

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

Month 4 · 30 days

12 May 190710 June 1907. 29 days remain after this date.

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Next festival & customs

Dragon Boat Festival

15 June 1907 · 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 1907 moon phases

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  1. Last quarter

    Lunar 3/23

  2. New moon

    Lunar 4/1

  3. First quarter

    Lunar 4/9

  4. Full moon

    Lunar 4/16

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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Gregorian dates and corresponding Chinese lunar month and day for May 1907
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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
Yin Metal Rooster · 辛酉— 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 Metal · Xīn (primary)
Month pillar 月柱
Yin Wood Snake · 乙巳— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
Year pillar 年柱
Yin Fire Goat · 丁未Fire generates Earth; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
Day Na Yin 纳音
Pomegranate Wood · 石榴木— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Wood.
Day animal 生肖
Rooster · — the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
Opposes 冲
Yin Wood Rabbit · 乙卯— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
Lunar mansion 宿
Room · — this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.East palace () · Rabbit creature () · traditionally favourable ()
Day officer 建除
Settle · — determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
Auspicious directions 吉方
  • Joy 喜神: Southwest (西南)
  • Blessing 福神: Northwest (西北)
  • 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 making sauce, saying the household may not taste it.辛不合酱主人不尝The verse cautions against receiving guests, saying drunken disorder may follow.酉不会客醉坐颠狂Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.

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