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Chinese calendar, 18 April 1927

18 April 1927 is lunar month 3, day 17, 1927, the Fire Rabbit year. The day pillar is Yang Water Horse. 19 named Yi activities; 5 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waning gibbous.

Solar term

Qīngmíng · Pure Brightness

Since 6 April 1927

18

Monday

April 1927

Lunar date

3rd Month · 17th Day

一九二七十七

Year of the

Fire Rabbit

Yin Fire Rabbit · 丁卯

Wood generates Fire in the Five Phases, so the Rabbit’s fixed element supports the year element.

Solar term

Qīngmíng · Pure Brightness

since 6 April 1927

Moon phase

Waning gibbous

Lunar day 17 · between principal phases

Daily almanac · 1927-04-18

The daily almanac & observances

18 April 1927
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 3 · 29 days

2 April 192730 April 1927. 12 days remain after this date.

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Next festival & customs

Dragon Boat Festival

4 June 1927 · 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 1927 moon phases

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  1. New moon

    Lunar 3/1

  2. First quarter

    Lunar 3/8

  3. Full moon

    Lunar 3/16

  4. Last quarter

    Lunar 3/24

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 April 1927
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This day in the traditional cycles

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Day pillar 日柱
Yang Water Horse · 壬午— 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 Fire · Dīng (primary)
  • Yin Earth · (middle)
Month pillar 月柱
Yang Wood Dragon · 甲辰— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
Year pillar 年柱
Yin Fire Rabbit · 丁卯Wood generates Fire; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
Day Na Yin 纳音
Willow Wood · 杨柳木— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Wood.
Day animal 生肖
Horse · — the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
Opposes 冲
Yang Fire Rat · 丙子— 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
Full · — 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 roofing a house, saying its owner may have to make changes.午不苫盖屋主更张Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.

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