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Chinese calendar, 27 August 1930
27 August 1930 is lunar month 7, day 4, 1930, the Metal Horse year. The day pillar is Yin Earth Rooster. 10 named Yi activities; 8 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waxing crescent.
Wednesday
August 1930
Lunar date
7th Month · 4th Day
一九三〇年七月初四
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 4 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1930-08-27
The daily almanac & observances
己酉 Yin Earth Rooster
The stem gives Earth; the branch gives Rooster.
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
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Meet relatives and friends会亲友
- Add a member to the household进人口
- Travel出行
- Move into a new home入宅
- Move residence移徙
- Take up a post赴任
- Build or install a stove作灶
Month 7 · 29 days
24 August 1930–21 September 1930. 25 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 Earth Rooster · 己酉— 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 Metal · Xīn 辛 (primary)
- 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
- Great Post-road Earth · 大驿土— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Earth.
- Day animal 生肖
- Rooster · 鸡— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Water Rabbit · 癸卯— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Chariot · 轸— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.South palace (南) · Earthworm creature (蚓) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- Day officer 建除
- Remove · 除— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
- Auspicious directions 吉方
- Joy 喜神: Northeast (东北)
- Blessing 福神: North (正北)
- Wealth 财神: North (正北)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against handling agreements, saying both parties may lose.己不破券二比并亡The verse cautions against receiving guests, saying drunken disorder may follow.酉不会客醉坐颠狂Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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