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Chinese calendar, 7 May 1927

7 May 1927 is lunar month 4, day 7, 1927, the Fire Rabbit year. The day pillar is Yin Metal Ox. 20 named Yi activities; 5 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waxing crescent.

Solar term

Lìxià · Beginning of Summer

Since 6 May 1927

7

Saturday

May 1927

Lunar date

4th Month · 7th Day

一九二七初七

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

Lìxià · Beginning of Summer

since 6 May 1927

Moon phase

Waxing crescent

Lunar day 7 · between principal phases

Daily almanac · 1927-05-07

The daily almanac & observances

7 May 1927
Traditional day classification

Auspicious · Huang Dao

Jade Hall 玉堂 · 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 4 · 30 days

1 May 192730 May 1927. 23 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

May 1927 moon phases

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  1. New moon

    Lunar 4/1

  2. First quarter

    Lunar 4/8

  3. Full moon

    Lunar 4/17

  4. Last quarter

    Lunar 4/24

  5. New moon

    Lunar 5/1

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

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Day pillar 日柱
Yin Metal Ox · 辛丑— 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
Yin Wood Snake · 乙巳— 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
Wall Earth · 壁上土— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Earth.
Day animal 生肖
Ox · — the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
Opposes 冲
Yin Wood Goat · 乙未— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
Lunar mansion 宿
Willow · — this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.South palace () · Roe deer creature () · traditionally unfavourable ()
Day officer 建除
Complete · — 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: East (正东)
Three traditional direction markers determined by this date’s heavenly stem.
Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
The verse cautions against making sauce, saying the household may not taste it.辛不合酱主人不尝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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