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Chinese calendar, 16 June 1914
16 June 1914 is lunar month 5, day 23, 1914, the Wood Tiger year. The day pillar is Yin Water Rooster. 6 named Yi activities; 5 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waning crescent.
Tuesday
June 1914
Lunar date
5th Month · 23rd Day
一九一四年五月廿三
Year of the
Wood is both the year element and the Tiger’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Wood.
Moon phase
Lunar day 23 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1914-06-16
The daily almanac & observances
癸酉 Yin Water Rooster
The stem gives Water; the branch gives Rooster.
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
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Bathe沐浴
- Cut hair理发
- Trim fingernails and toenails整手足甲
- Plaster or decorate walls修饰垣墙
- Level or repair roads平治道涂
- No other activities recommended馀事勿取
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Open a business or market开市
- Move into a new home入宅
- Travel出行
- Build or renovate修造
- Legal proceedings词讼
Month 5 · 29 days
25 May 1914–22 June 1914. 6 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Qixi
27 August 1914 · 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 1914 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 5/8
Full moon
Lunar 5/15
Last quarter
Lunar 5/22
New moon
Lunar leap 5/1
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
- Yin Water Rooster · 癸酉— 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 辛 (primary)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yang Metal Horse · 庚午— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Wood Tiger · 甲寅— Wood reinforces Wood; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Sword-edge Metal · 剑锋金— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Metal.
- Day animal 生肖
- Rooster · 鸡— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Fire Rabbit · 丁卯— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Turtle Beak · 觜— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.West palace (西) · Monkey creature (猴) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Balance · 平— 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: South (正南)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against lawsuits, saying one’s case may be weaker than the opponent’s.癸不词讼理弱敌强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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