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Chinese calendar, 23 February 1908
23 February 1908 is lunar month 1, day 22, 1908, the Earth Monkey year. The day pillar is Yang Earth Monkey. 6 named Yi activities; a general Ji restriction. 7 auspicious time windows; waning gibbous.
Sunday
February 1908
Lunar date
1st Month · 22nd Day
一九〇八年正月廿二
Year of the
Earth generates Metal in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Monkey’s fixed element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 22 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1908-02-23
The daily almanac & observances
戊申 Yang Earth Monkey
The stem gives Earth; the branch gives Monkey.
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
忌 Traditionally avoid
- No other activities recommended馀事勿取
Medical care should follow clinical need; do not postpone treatment because of an almanac entry.
Month 1 · 30 days
2 February 1908–2 March 1908. 8 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Qingming Festival
5 April 1908 · In China, Qingming is commonly marked by tending graves and honouring ancestors, while spring outings form another long-standing strand of the day.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
February 1908 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 1/1
First quarter
Lunar 1/8
Full moon
Lunar 1/16
Last quarter
Lunar 1/24
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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Explore the days around 23 February 1908
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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 Earth Monkey · 戊申— 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 Metal · Gēng 庚 (primary)
- Yang Water · Rén 壬 (middle)
- Yang Earth · Wù 戊 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yang Wood Tiger · 甲寅— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Earth Monkey · 戊申— Earth generates Metal; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Great Post-road Earth · 大驿土— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Earth.
- Day animal 生肖
- Monkey · 猴— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Water Tiger · 壬寅— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Emptiness · 虚— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace (北) · Rat creature (鼠) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Break · 破— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
- Auspicious directions 吉方
- Joy 喜神: Southeast (东南)
- Blessing 福神: Northeast (东北)
- Wealth 财神: North (正北)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against accepting land, saying it may be inauspicious for the owner.戊不受田田主不祥The verse cautions against positioning a bed, saying spirits may enter the room.申不安床鬼祟入房Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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