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Chinese calendar, 20 May 1916
20 May 1916 is lunar month 4, day 19, 1916, the Fire Dragon year. The day pillar is Yin Fire Snake. 3 named Yi activities; 2 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waning gibbous.
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May 1916
Lunar date
4th Month · 19th Day
一九一六年四月十九
Year of the
Fire generates Earth in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Dragon’s fixed element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 19 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1916-05-20
The daily almanac & observances
丁巳 Yin Fire Snake
The stem gives Fire; the branch gives Snake.
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
- Seal openings塞穴
- Seal ant holes断蚁
- Make fishing nets结网
- No other activities recommended馀事勿取
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 4 · 30 days
2 May 1916–31 May 1916. 11 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Dragon Boat Festival
5 June 1916 · In communities especially around the middle and lower Yangtze, observances may combine local memorial rites, dragon-boat sports and rice-dumpling feasts; even the honoured hero varies by region.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
May 1916 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 4/1
First quarter
Lunar 4/9
Full moon
Lunar 4/16
Last quarter
Lunar 4/23
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 Fire Snake · 丁巳— 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 Fire · Bǐng 丙 (primary)
- Yang Metal · Gēng 庚 (middle)
- Yang Earth · Wù 戊 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Water Snake · 癸巳— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Fire Dragon · 丙辰— Fire generates Earth; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Sand Earth · 沙中土— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Earth.
- Day animal 生肖
- Snake · 蛇— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Metal Pig · 辛亥— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Willow · 柳— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.South palace (南) · Roe deer creature (獐) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Establish · 建— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
- Auspicious directions 吉方
- Joy 喜神: South (正南)
- Blessing 福神: Southeast (东南)
- Wealth 财神: Southwest (西南)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against cutting hair, saying sores may appear.丁不剃头头必生疮The verse cautions against long travel, saying possessions may be hidden or lost.巳不远行财物伏藏Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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