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Chinese calendar, 4 September 1913
4 September 1913 is lunar month 8, day 4, 1913, the Water Ox year. The day pillar is Yang Earth Rat. 23 named Yi activities; 4 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waxing crescent.
Thursday
September 1913
Lunar date
8th Month · 4th Day
一九一三年八月初四
Year of the
Earth restrains Water in the Five Phases, so the Ox’s fixed element is understood as moderating the year element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 4 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1913-09-04
The daily almanac & observances
戊子 Yang Earth Rat
The stem gives Earth; the branch gives Rat.
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
- Make a formal betrothal proposal纳采
- Formalize a betrothal agreement订盟
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Offer rites for wandering spirits普渡
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
- Install an incense altar安香
- Move a sacred altar or flame出火
- Move residence移徙
- Move into a new home入宅
- Erect pillars竖柱
- Build or renovate修造
- Begin construction earthworks动土
- Raise the main roof beam上梁
- Lay a foundation起基
- Roof or build a house盖屋
- Install a door安门
- Build a temple造庙
- Build a bridge造桥
- Begin burial excavation破土
- Reopen a grave for reburial启钻
- Burial安葬
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 8 · 29 days
1 September 1913–29 September 1913. 25 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Mid-Autumn Festival
15 September 1913 · Among Chinese communities in Singapore, families may share mooncakes, pomelo and tea while children carry lanterns, with household practices varying.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
September 1913 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 8/1
First quarter
Lunar 8/7
Full moon
Lunar 8/15
Last quarter
Lunar 8/23
New moon
Lunar 9/1
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
- Yang Earth Rat · 戊子— 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 Water · Guǐ 癸 (primary)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yang Metal Monkey · 庚申— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yin Water Ox · 癸丑— Earth controls Water; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Thunderbolt Fire · 霹雳火— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Fire.
- Day animal 生肖
- Rat · 鼠— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Water Horse · 壬午— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Legs · 奎— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.West palace (西) · Wolf creature (狼) · 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: 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 divination, saying it may invite trouble.子不问卜自惹祸殃Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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