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Chinese calendar, 12 April 1925

12 April 1925 is lunar month 3, day 20, 1925, the Wood Ox year. The day pillar is Yang Fire Tiger. 18 named Yi activities; 4 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waning gibbous.

Solar term

Qīngmíng · Pure Brightness

Since 5 April 1925

12

Sunday

April 1925

Lunar date

3rd Month · 20th Day

一九二五年三月二十

Year of the

Wood Ox

Yin Wood Ox · 乙丑

Wood restrains Earth in the Five Phases, so the year element is understood as moderating the Ox’s fixed element.

Solar term

Qīngmíng · Pure Brightness

since 5 April 1925

Moon phase

Waning gibbous

Lunar day 20 · between principal phases

Daily almanac · 1925-04-12

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12 April 1925
Traditional day classification

Auspicious · Huang Dao

Controller of Destiny 司命 · 黄道

Huang Dao and Hei Dao name the day-god cycle. For a particular plan, read its Yi and Ji activities below.

宜 Traditionally suitable

忌 Traditionally avoid

Inside this lunar month

Month 3 · 30 days

24 March 1925–22 April 1925. 10 days remain after this date.

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Next festival & customs

Dragon Boat Festival

25 June 1925 · 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.

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April 1925 moon phases

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  1. First quarter

    Lunar 3/9

  2. Full moon

    Lunar 3/17

  3. Last quarter

    Lunar 3/24

  4. New moon

    Lunar 4/1

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 Fire Tiger · 丙寅— 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 甲 (primary)
  • Yang Fire · Bǐng 丙 (middle)
  • Yang Earth · Wù 戊 (residual)
Month pillar 月柱
Yang Metal Dragon · 庚辰— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
Year pillar 年柱
Yin Wood Ox · 乙丑— Wood controls Earth; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
Day Na Yin 纳音
Furnace Fire · 炉中火— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Fire.
Day animal 生肖
Tiger · 虎— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
Opposes 冲
Yang Metal Monkey · 庚申— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
Lunar mansion 宿
Star · 星— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.South palace (南) · Horse creature (马) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
Day officer 建除
Open · 开— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
Auspicious directions 吉方
  • Joy 喜神: Southwest (西南)
  • Blessing 福神: Northwest (西北)
  • Wealth 财神: Southwest (西南)
Three traditional direction markers determined by this date’s heavenly stem.
Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
The verse cautions against repairing a stove, saying misfortune may follow.丙不修灶必见灾殃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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