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Chinese calendar, 26 July 1923

26 July 1923 is lunar month 6, day 13, 1923, the Water Pig year. The day pillar is Yang Metal Rat. 12 named Yi activities; 10 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waxing gibbous.

Solar term

Dàshǔ · Major Heat

Since 24 July 1923

26

Thursday

July 1923

Lunar date

6th Month · 13th Day

一九二三十三

Year of the

Water Pig

Yin Water Pig · 癸亥

Water is both the year element and the Pig’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Water.

Solar term

Dàshǔ · Major Heat

since 24 July 1923

Moon phase

Waxing gibbous

Lunar day 13 · between principal phases

Daily almanac · 1923-07-26

The daily almanac & observances

26 July 1923
Traditional day classification

Inauspicious · Hei Dao

Heavenly Punishment 天刑 · 黑道

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 6 · 29 days

14 July 192311 August 1923. 16 days remain after this date.

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Next festival & customs

Qixi

18 August 1923 · Across documented Chinese traditions, women and girls have set out seasonal fruit and held needlework or other skill contests, though forms differ sharply by region and many have faded.

The Moon this month · UTC+8

July 1923 moon phases

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  1. Last quarter

    Lunar 5/23

  2. New moon

    Lunar 6/1

  3. First quarter

    Lunar 6/8

  4. Full moon

    Lunar 6/15

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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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 Metal Rat · 庚子— 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 Water · Guǐ (primary)
Month pillar 月柱
Yin Earth Goat · 己未— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
Year pillar 年柱
Yin Water Pig · 癸亥Water reinforces Water; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
Day Na Yin 纳音
Wall Earth · 壁上土— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Earth.
Day animal 生肖
Rat · — the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
Opposes 冲
Yang Wood Horse · 甲午— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
Lunar mansion 宿
Legs · — this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.West palace (西) · Wolf creature () · traditionally unfavourable ()
Day officer 建除
Hold · — 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: 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 setting warp and weft, saying the loom may stand empty.庚不经络织机虚张The verse cautions against divination, saying it may invite trouble.子不问卜自惹祸殃Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.

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