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Chinese calendar, 27 June 1909

27 June 1909 is lunar month 5, day 10, 1909, the Earth Rooster year. The day pillar is Yang Earth Horse. 3 named Yi activities; 4 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waxing gibbous.

Solar term

Xiàzhì · Summer Solstice

Since 22 June 1909

27

Sunday

June 1909

Lunar date

5th Month · 10th Day

一九〇九初十

Year of the

Earth Rooster

Yin Earth Rooster · 己酉

Earth generates Metal in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Rooster’s fixed element.

Solar term

Xiàzhì · Summer Solstice

since 22 June 1909

Moon phase

Waxing gibbous

Lunar day 10 · between principal phases

Daily almanac · 1909-06-27

The daily almanac & observances

27 June 1909
Traditional day classification

Auspicious · Huang Dao

Controller of Destiny 司命 · 黄道

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

Traditionally suitable

  • Ritual offerings祭祀
  • Train cattle or horses教牛马
  • Seal ant holes断蚁
  • No other activities recommended馀事勿取

Traditionally avoid

Inside this lunar month

Month 5 · 29 days

18 June 190916 July 1909. 19 days remain after this date.

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Next festival & customs

Qixi

22 August 1909 · Across documented Chinese traditions, women and girls have set out seasonal fruit and held needlework or other skill contests, though forms differ sharply by region and many have faded.

The Moon this month · UTC+8

June 1909 moon phases

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  1. Full moon

    Lunar 4/17

  2. Last quarter

    Lunar 4/24

  3. New moon

    Lunar 5/1

  4. First quarter

    Lunar 5/9

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

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Day pillar 日柱
Yang Earth Horse · 戊午— 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
Yang Metal Horse · 庚午— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
Year pillar 年柱
Yin Earth Rooster · 己酉Earth generates Metal; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
Day Na Yin 纳音
Heavenly Fire · 天上火— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Fire.
Day animal 生肖
Horse · — the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
Opposes 冲
Yang Water Rat · 壬子— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
Lunar mansion 宿
Star · — this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.South palace () · Horse creature () · traditionally unfavourable ()
Day officer 建除
Establish · — 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)
Three traditional direction markers determined by this date’s heavenly stem.
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 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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