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Chinese calendar, 3 August 1912
3 August 1912 is lunar month 6, day 21, 1912, the Water Rat year. The day pillar is Yin Metal Pig. 19 named Yi activities; 5 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waning gibbous.
Saturday
August 1912
Lunar date
6th Month · 21st Day
一九一二年六月廿一
Year of the
Water is both the year element and the Rat’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Water.
Moon phase
Lunar day 21 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1912-08-03
The daily almanac & observances
辛亥 Yin Metal Pig
The stem gives Metal; the branch gives Pig.
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
- Formalize a betrothal agreement订盟
- Make a formal betrothal proposal纳采
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
- Install an incense altar安香
- Move a sacred altar or flame出火
- Sign a contract立券
- Install machinery安机械
- Move residence移徙
- Move into a new home入宅
- Erect pillars竖柱
- Raise the main roof beam上梁
- Meet relatives and friends会亲友
- Set up a bed安床
- Dismantle a structure拆卸
- Hang a signboard or plaque挂匾
- Raise livestock牧养
- Train cattle or horses教牛马
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Burial安葬
- Hold funeral rites行丧
- Begin burial excavation破土
- Repair a grave修坟
Month 6 · 30 days
14 July 1912–12 August 1912. 9 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Qixi
19 August 1912 · 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
August 1912 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 6/24
New moon
Lunar 7/1
First quarter
Lunar 7/8
Full moon
Lunar 7/16
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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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 Pig · 辛亥— 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 Water · Rén 壬 (primary)
- Yang Wood · Jiǎ 甲 (middle)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Fire Goat · 丁未— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Water Rat · 壬子— Water reinforces Water; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Hairpin and Bracelet Metal · 钗钏金— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Metal.
- Day animal 生肖
- Pig · 猪— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Wood Snake · 乙巳— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Girl · 女— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace (北) · Bat creature (蝠) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Settle · 定— 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)
- 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 marriage, saying it may disadvantage the groom.亥不嫁娶不利新郎Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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