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Chinese calendar, 21 August 1925

21 August 1925 is lunar month 7, day 3, 1925, the Wood Ox year. The day pillar is Yin Fire Ox. 9 named Yi activities; 4 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waxing crescent.

Solar term

Lìqiū · Beginning of Autumn

Since 8 August 1925

21

Friday

August 1925

Lunar date

7th Month · 3rd Day

一九二五初三

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

Lìqiū · Beginning of Autumn

since 8 August 1925

Moon phase

Waxing crescent

Lunar day 3 · between principal phases

Daily almanac · 1925-08-21

The daily almanac & observances

21 August 1925
Traditional day classification

Auspicious · Huang Dao

Bright Hall 明堂 · 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 7 · 30 days

19 August 192517 September 1925. 27 days remain after this date.

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Next festival & customs

Qixi

25 August 1925 · 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

August 1925 moon phases

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  1. Full moon

    Lunar 6/15

  2. Last quarter

    Lunar 6/22

  3. New moon

    Lunar 7/1

  4. First quarter

    Lunar 7/9

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 May 1925
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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
Yin Fire Ox · 丁丑— 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 · (primary)
  • Yin Water · Guǐ (middle)
  • Yin Metal · Xīn (residual)
Month pillar 月柱
Yang Wood Monkey · 甲申— 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
Ravine Water · 涧下水— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Water.
Day animal 生肖
Ox · — the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
Opposes 冲
Yin Metal Goat · 辛未— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
Lunar mansion 宿
Bond · — this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.West palace (西) · Dog creature () · traditionally favourable ()
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: South (正南)
  • Blessing 福神: Southeast (东南)
  • 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 cutting hair, saying sores may appear.丁不剃头头必生疮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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