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Chinese calendar, 24 March 1924

24 March 1924 is lunar month 2, day 20, 1924, the Wood Rat year. The day pillar is Yang Water Tiger. 9 named Yi activities; 4 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waning gibbous.

Solar term

Chūnfēn · Spring Equinox

Since 21 March 1924

24

Monday

March 1924

Lunar date

2nd Month · 20th Day

一九二四二十

Year of the

Wood Rat

Yang Wood Rat · 甲子

Water generates Wood in the Five Phases, so the Rat’s fixed element supports the year element.

Solar term

Chūnfēn · Spring Equinox

since 21 March 1924

Moon phase

Waning gibbous

Lunar day 20 · between principal phases

Daily almanac · 1924-03-24

The daily almanac & observances

24 March 1924
Traditional day classification

Auspicious · Huang Dao

Azure Dragon 青龙 · 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 2 · 30 days

5 March 19243 April 1924. 10 days remain after this date.

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Next festival & customs

Qingming Festival

5 April 1924 · In China, Qingming is commonly marked by tending graves and honouring ancestors, while spring outings form another long-standing strand of the day.

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March 1924 moon phases

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  1. New moon

    Lunar 2/1

  2. First quarter

    Lunar 2/10

  3. Full moon

    Lunar 2/17

  4. Last quarter

    Lunar 2/24

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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Gregorian dates and corresponding Chinese lunar month and day for March 1924
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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 Water Tiger · 壬寅— 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 Wood · Jiǎ (primary)
  • Yang Fire · Bǐng (middle)
  • Yang Earth · (residual)
Month pillar 月柱
Yin Fire Rabbit · 丁卯— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
Year pillar 年柱
Yang Wood Rat · 甲子Water generates Wood; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
Day Na Yin 纳音
Gold-leaf Metal · 金箔金— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Metal.
Day animal 生肖
Tiger · — the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
Opposes 冲
Yang Fire Monkey · 丙申— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
Lunar mansion 宿
Heart · — this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.East palace () · Fox creature () · traditionally unfavourable ()
Day officer 建除
Close · — determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
Auspicious directions 吉方
  • Joy 喜神: South (正南)
  • Blessing 福神: Southeast (东南)
  • Wealth 财神: South (正南)
Three traditional direction markers determined by this date’s heavenly stem.
Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
The verse cautions against drawing water, saying trouble may be hard to guard against.壬不泱水更难提防The verse cautions against ritual offerings, saying spirits may not receive them.寅不祭祀神鬼不尝Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.

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