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Chinese calendar, 20 September 1927
20 September 1927 is lunar month 8, day 25, 1927, the Fire Rabbit year. The day pillar is Yin Fire Snake. 22 named Yi activities; 3 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waning crescent.
Tuesday
September 1927
Lunar date
8th Month · 25th Day
一九二七年八月廿五
Year of the
Wood generates Fire in the Five Phases, so the Rabbit’s fixed element supports the year element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 25 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1927-09-20
The daily almanac & observances
丁巳 Yin Fire Snake
The stem gives Fire; the branch gives Snake.
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
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
- Pray for children求嗣
- Carve or engrave雕刻
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Formalize a betrothal agreement订盟
- Make a formal betrothal proposal纳采
- Move a sacred altar or flame出火
- Dismantle a structure拆卸
- Build or renovate修造
- Begin construction earthworks动土
- Lay a foundation起基
- Raise the main roof beam上梁
- Release or drain water放水
- Move residence移徙
- Move into a new home入宅
- Build a storehouse造仓
- Build a boat造船
- Open a business or market开市
- Dig a pond开池
- Acquire livestock纳畜
- Raise livestock牧养
- Hang a signboard or plaque挂匾
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Hold funeral rites行丧
- Burial安葬
- Make a coffin合寿木
Month 8 · 30 days
27 August 1927–25 September 1927. 5 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Double Ninth Festival
4 October 1927 · In Hong Kong, families may visit ancestral graves or hike and picnic in the hills on Chung Yeung, while observance varies across communities.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
September 1927 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 8/9
Full moon
Lunar 8/16
Last quarter
Lunar 8/23
New moon
Lunar 9/1
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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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 Fire Snake · 丁巳— 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 Fire · Bǐng 丙 (primary)
- Yang Metal · Gēng 庚 (middle)
- Yang Earth · Wù 戊 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Earth Rooster · 己酉— 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
- Sand Earth · 沙中土— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Earth.
- Day animal 生肖
- Snake · 蛇— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Metal Pig · 辛亥— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Turtle Beak · 觜— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.West palace (西) · Monkey creature (猴) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Complete · 成— 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)
- 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 long travel, saying possessions may be hidden or lost.巳不远行财物伏藏Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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