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Chinese calendar, 6 February 1920
6 February 1920 is lunar month 12, day 17, 1919, the Earth Goat year. The day pillar is Yang Wood Horse. 26 named Yi activities; 4 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waning gibbous.
Friday
February 1920
Lunar date
12th Month · 17th Day
一九一九年腊月十七
Year of the
Earth is both the year element and the Goat’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Earth.
Moon phase
Lunar day 17 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1920-02-06
The daily almanac & observances
甲午 Yang Wood Horse
The stem gives Wood; the branch gives Horse.
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
- Sculpt or paint sacred images塑绘
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
- Give thanks to deities酬神
- Daoist fasting and offering rites斋醮
- Formalize a betrothal agreement订盟
- Make a formal betrothal proposal纳采
- Cut or make clothes裁衣
- Prepare wedding bed curtains合帐
- Dismantle a structure拆卸
- Begin construction earthworks动土
- Raise the main roof beam上梁
- Set up a bed安床
- Install an incense altar安香
- Build a temple造庙
- Hang a signboard or plaque挂匾
- Meet relatives and friends会亲友
- Add a member to the household进人口
- Travel出行
- Build or renovate修造
- Receive funds纳财
- Fell timber伐木
- Release or drain water放水
- Move a sacred altar or flame出火
- Acquire livestock纳畜
- Bathe沐浴
- Install a door安门
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 12 · 30 days
21 January 1920–19 February 1920. 13 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Lunar New Year's Eve
19 February 1920 · In China, many families share a reunion dinner and stay up late to greet the new year, while the meal and surrounding rituals vary by region.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
February 1920 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 12/15
Last quarter
Lunar 12/23
New moon
Lunar 1/1
First quarter
Lunar 1/8
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
- Yang Wood Horse · 甲午— 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 Fire · Dīng 丁 (primary)
- Yin Earth · Jǐ 己 (middle)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yang Earth Tiger · 戊寅— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yin Earth Goat · 己未— Earth reinforces Earth; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Sand Metal · 沙中金— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Metal.
- Day animal 生肖
- Horse · 马— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Earth Rat · 戊子— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Ox · 牛— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace (北) · Ox creature (牛) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Settle · 定— 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 roofing a house, saying its owner may have to make changes.午不苫盖屋主更张Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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