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Chinese calendar, 28 March 1918
28 March 1918 is lunar month 2, day 16, 1918, the Earth Horse year. The day pillar is Yang Wood Dog. 25 named Yi activities; 2 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waning gibbous.
Thursday
March 1918
Lunar date
2nd Month · 16th Day
一九一八年二月十六
Year of the
Fire generates Earth in the Five Phases, so the Horse’s fixed element supports the year element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 16 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1918-03-28
The daily almanac & observances
甲戌 Yang Wood Dog
The stem gives Wood; the branch gives Dog.
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
- Begin construction earthworks动土
- Raise the main roof beam上梁
- Formalize a betrothal agreement订盟
- Make a formal betrothal proposal纳采
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Install machinery安机械
- Dismantle a structure拆卸
- Set up a bed安床
- Move into a new home入宅
- Install an incense altar安香
- Place the deceased in a coffin入殓
- Move a coffin移柩
- Begin burial excavation破土
- Burial安葬
- Erect a memorial stone立碑
- Thanksgiving rite after building谢土
- Take up a post赴任
- Travel出行
- Move residence移徙
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Pray for children求嗣
- Ritual cleansing or removal解除
- Build a storehouse造仓
- Add a member to the household进人口
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
- Dispatch goods or funds出货财
Month 2 · 29 days
13 March 1918–10 April 1918. 13 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Qingming Festival
5 April 1918 · 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 1918 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 1/24
New moon
Lunar 2/1
First quarter
Lunar 2/7
Full moon
Lunar 2/15
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 Wood Dog · 甲戌— 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 Earth · Wù 戊 (primary)
- Yin Metal · Xīn 辛 (middle)
- Yin Fire · Dīng 丁 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Wood Rabbit · 乙卯— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Earth Horse · 戊午— Fire generates Earth; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Mountain-top Fire · 山头火— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Fire.
- Day animal 生肖
- Dog · 狗— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Earth Dragon · 戊辰— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Horn · 角— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.East palace (东) · Flood dragon creature (蛟) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- Day officer 建除
- Danger · 危— 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: Northeast (东北)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against opening a storehouse, saying possessions may be lost.甲不开仓财物耗散The verse cautions against eating dog meat, saying strange disturbances may reach the bed.戌不吃犬作怪上床Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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