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Chinese calendar, 24 May 1918

24 May 1918 is lunar month 4, day 15, 1918, the Earth Horse year. The day pillar is Yin Metal Goat. 6 named Yi activities; 2 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waxing gibbous.

Solar term

Xiǎomǎn · Grain Buds

Since 22 May 1918

24

Friday

May 1918

Lunar date

4th Month · 15th Day

一九一八十五

Year of the

Earth Horse

Yang Earth Horse · 戊午

Fire generates Earth in the Five Phases, so the Horse’s fixed element supports the year element.

Solar term

Xiǎomǎn · Grain Buds

since 22 May 1918

Moon phase

Waxing gibbous

Lunar day 15 · between principal phases

Daily almanac · 1918-05-24

The daily almanac & observances

24 May 1918
Traditional day classification

Auspicious · Huang Dao

Bright Hall 明堂 · 黄道

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

Month 4 · 30 days

10 May 19188 June 1918. 15 days remain after this date.

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Next festival & customs

Dragon Boat Festival

13 June 1918 · 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.

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May 1918 moon phases

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  1. Last quarter

    Lunar 3/24

  2. New moon

    Lunar 4/1

  3. First quarter

    Lunar 4/9

  4. Full moon

    Lunar 4/17

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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This day in the traditional cycles

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Day pillar 日柱
Yin Metal Goat · 辛未— 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 Earth · (primary)
  • Yin Fire · Dīng (middle)
  • Yin Wood · (residual)
Month pillar 月柱
Yin Fire Snake · 丁巳— 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
Roadside Earth · 路旁土— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Earth.
Day animal 生肖
Goat · — the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
Opposes 冲
Yin Wood Ox · 乙丑— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
Lunar mansion 宿
Neck · — this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.East palace () · Dragon creature () · traditionally unfavourable ()
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: Southwest (西南)
  • Blessing 福神: Northwest (西北)
  • Wealth 财神: East (正东)
Three traditional direction markers determined by this date’s heavenly stem.
Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
The verse cautions against making sauce, saying the household may not taste it.辛不合酱主人不尝The verse cautions against taking medicine, saying harm may enter the body.未不服药毒气入肠Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.Do not skip or delay prescribed medicine because of a traditional verse.

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