Daily calendar conversion
Chinese calendar, 1 February 1923
1 February 1923 is lunar month 12, day 16, 1922, the Water Dog year. The day pillar is Yin Wood Snake. 17 named Yi activities; 4 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; full moon.
Thursday
February 1923
Lunar date
12th Month · 16th Day
一九二二年腊月十六
Year of the
Earth restrains Water in the Five Phases, so the Dog’s fixed element is understood as moderating the year element.
Moon phase
23:53 · UTC+8
Daily almanac · 1923-02-01
The daily almanac & observances
乙巳 Yin Wood Snake
The stem gives Wood; 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
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Formalize a betrothal agreement订盟
- Make a formal betrothal proposal纳采
- Meet relatives and friends会亲友
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Install machinery安机械
- Move residence移徙
- Move into a new home入宅
- Roof or build a house盖屋
- Set up a bed安床
- Lay a foundation起基
- Set foundation stones定磉
- Install an incense altar安香
- Move a sacred altar or flame出火
- Hang a signboard or plaque挂匾
- Dismantle a structure拆卸
- Acquire property置产
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Open a business or market开市
- Travel出行
- Burial安葬
- Hold funeral rites行丧
Month 12 · 30 days
17 January 1923–15 February 1923. 14 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Lunar New Year's Eve
15 February 1923 · 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 1923 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 12/16
Last quarter
Lunar 12/23
New moon
Lunar 1/1
First quarter
Lunar 1/9
Calculated phase moments use fixed UTC+8. A lunar day number and a Moon phase describe different things. How they fit together →
The surrounding month
Explore the days around 1 February 1923
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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 Snake · 乙巳— 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 Ox · 癸丑— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Water Dog · 壬戌— Earth controls Water; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Covered-lamp Fire · 覆灯火— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Fire.
- Day animal 生肖
- Snake · 蛇— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Earth Pig · 己亥— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Dipper · 斗— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace (北) · Xiezhi creature (獬) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- 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: 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 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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