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Chinese calendar, 14 March 1917
14 March 1917 is lunar month 2, day 21, 1917, the Fire Snake year. The day pillar is Yin Wood Rabbit. 9 named Yi activities; 6 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waning gibbous.
Wednesday
March 1917
Lunar date
2nd Month · 21st Day
一九一七年二月廿一
Year of the
Fire is both the year element and the Snake’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Fire.
Moon phase
Lunar day 21 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1917-03-14
The daily almanac & observances
乙卯 Yin Wood Rabbit
The stem gives Wood; the branch gives Rabbit.
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
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 2 · 29 days
22 February 1917–22 March 1917. 8 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Qingming Festival
5 April 1917 · In China, Qingming is commonly marked by tending graves and honouring ancestors, while spring outings form another long-standing strand of the day.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
March 1917 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 2/8
Full moon
Lunar 2/16
Last quarter
Lunar 2/23
New moon
Lunar leap 2/1
First quarter
Lunar leap 2/8
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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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 Wood Rabbit · 乙卯— 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 Wood · Yǐ 乙 (primary)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Water Rabbit · 癸卯— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yin Fire Snake · 丁巳— Fire reinforces Fire; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Great Stream Water · 大溪水— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Water.
- Day animal 生肖
- Rabbit · 兔— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Earth Rooster · 己酉— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Wall · 壁— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace (北) · Yu beast creature (獝) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- 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: Northwest (西北)
- Blessing 福神: Southwest (西南)
- Wealth 财神: Northeast (东北)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against planting, saying even many plants may not grow.乙不栽植千株不长The verse cautions against digging a well, saying the water may not be sweet.卯不穿井水泉不香Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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