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Chinese calendar, 22 July 1914

22 July 1914 is lunar leap month 5, day 30, 1914, the Wood Tiger year. The day pillar is Yin Earth Rooster. 22 named Yi activities; 6 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waning crescent.

Solar term

Xiǎoshǔ · Minor Heat

Since 8 July 1914

22

Wednesday

July 1914

Lunar date

Leap 5th Month · 30th Day

一九一四闰五三十

Leap month

Year of the

Wood Tiger

Yang Wood Tiger · 甲寅

Wood is both the year element and the Tiger’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Wood.

Solar term

Xiǎoshǔ · Minor Heat

since 8 July 1914

Moon phase

Waning crescent

Lunar day 30 · between principal phases

Daily almanac · 1914-07-22

The daily almanac & observances

22 July 1914
Traditional day classification

Inauspicious · Hei Dao

Gou Chen 勾陈 · 黑道

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

Inside this lunar month

Leap month 5 · 30 days

23 June 191422 July 1914. This is the final day of the month.

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Next festival & customs

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

July 1914 moon phases

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  1. First quarter

    Lunar leap 5/9

  2. Full moon

    Lunar leap 5/15

  3. Last quarter

    Lunar leap 5/23

  4. New moon

    Lunar 6/1

  5. First quarter

    Lunar 6/8

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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Gregorian dates and corresponding Chinese lunar month and day for August 1914
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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 Earth Rooster · 己酉— 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 (primary)
Month pillar 月柱
Yin Metal Goat · 辛未— 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
Great Post-road Earth · 大驿土— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Earth.
Day animal 生肖
Rooster · — the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
Opposes 冲
Yin Water Rabbit · 癸卯— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
Lunar mansion 宿
Chariot · — this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.South palace () · Earthworm creature () · traditionally favourable ()
Day officer 建除
Full · — determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
Auspicious directions 吉方
  • Joy 喜神: Northeast (东北)
  • Blessing 福神: North (正北)
  • 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 handling agreements, saying both parties may lose.己不破券二比并亡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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22 July 1914 corresponds to lunar year 1914, the leap occurrence of month 5, day 30, in the 甲寅 year — the Year of the Tiger. You can enter another date in the date converter.

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