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Chinese calendar, 11 August 1930
11 August 1930 is lunar leap month 6, day 17, 1930, the Metal Horse year. The day pillar is Yin Water Snake. 21 named Yi activities; 0 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waning gibbous.
Monday
August 1930
Lunar date
Leap 6th Month · 17th Day
一九三〇年闰六月十七
Year of the
Fire restrains Metal in the Five Phases, so the Horse’s fixed element is understood as moderating the year element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 17 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1930-08-11
The daily almanac & observances
癸巳 Yin Water Snake
The stem gives Water; 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
- Sculpt or paint sacred images塑绘
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
- Ritual cleansing or removal解除
- Formalize a betrothal agreement订盟
- Make a formal betrothal proposal纳采
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Move a sacred altar or flame出火
- Build or renovate修造
- Begin construction earthworks动土
- Move residence移徙
- Move into a new home入宅
- Dismantle a structure拆卸
- Lay a foundation起基
- Install a door安门
- Separate a household分居
- Open a business or market开市
- Trade交易
- Sign a contract立券
- Receive funds纳财
- Acquire livestock纳畜
- Raise livestock牧养
忌 Traditionally avoid
- None listed无
Leap month 6 · 29 days
26 July 1930–23 August 1930. 12 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Qixi
30 August 1930 · 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 1930 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar leap 6/7
Full moon
Lunar leap 6/15
Last quarter
Lunar leap 6/23
New moon
Lunar 7/1
First quarter
Lunar 7/8
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 Water Snake · 癸巳— 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
- Yang Wood Monkey · 甲申— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Metal Horse · 庚午— Fire controls Metal; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Long-flowing Water · 长流水— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Water.
- Day animal 生肖
- Snake · 蛇— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Fire Pig · 丁亥— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Rooftop · 危— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace (北) · Swallow creature (燕) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Receive · 收— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
- Auspicious directions 吉方
- Joy 喜神: Southeast (东南)
- Blessing 福神: Northeast (东北)
- Wealth 财神: South (正南)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against lawsuits, saying one’s case may be weaker than the opponent’s.癸不词讼理弱敌强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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