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Chinese calendar, 16 April 1924
16 April 1924 is lunar month 3, day 13, 1924, the Wood Rat year. The day pillar is Yin Wood Ox. 5 named Yi activities; 2 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waxing gibbous.
Wednesday
April 1924
Lunar date
3rd Month · 13th Day
一九二四年三月十三
Year of the
Water generates Wood in the Five Phases, so the Rat’s fixed element supports the year element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 13 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1924-04-16
The daily almanac & observances
乙丑 Yin Wood Ox
The stem gives Wood; the branch gives Ox.
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
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Repair a door修门
- Fish取渔
- Receive funds纳财
- Acquire livestock纳畜
- No other activities recommended馀事勿取
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 3 · 30 days
4 April 1924–3 May 1924. 17 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Dragon Boat Festival
6 June 1924 · 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.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
April 1924 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 3/1
First quarter
Lunar 3/9
Full moon
Lunar 3/16
Last quarter
Lunar 3/23
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
- Yin Wood Ox · 乙丑— 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 · Jǐ 己 (primary)
- Yin Water · Guǐ 癸 (middle)
- Yin Metal · Xīn 辛 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yang Earth Dragon · 戊辰— 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
- Sea Metal · 海中金— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Metal.
- Day animal 生肖
- Ox · 牛— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Earth Goat · 己未— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Chariot · 轸— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.South palace (南) · Earthworm creature (蚓) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- Day officer 建除
- Receive · 收— 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 ceremonial dress, saying the wearer may not return home.丑不冠带主不还乡Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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