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Chinese calendar, 28 September 1931
28 September 1931 is lunar month 8, day 17, 1931, the Metal Goat year. The day pillar is Yang Fire Dog. 13 named Yi activities; 5 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waning gibbous.
Monday
September 1931
Lunar date
8th Month · 17th Day
一九三一年八月十七
Year of the
Earth generates Metal in the Five Phases, so the Goat’s fixed element supports the year element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 17 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1931-09-28
The daily almanac & observances
丙戌 Yang Fire Dog
The stem gives Fire; the branch gives Dog.
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
- Fell timber伐木
- Hold funeral rites行丧
- Build or install a stove作灶
- Make structural beams作梁
- Burial安葬
Month 8 · 29 days
12 September 1931–10 October 1931. 12 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Double Ninth Festival
19 October 1931 · 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 1931 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 7/23
New moon
Lunar 8/1
First quarter
Lunar 8/8
Full moon
Lunar 8/16
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
- Yang Fire Dog · 丙戌— 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 Earth · Wù 戊 (primary)
- Yin Metal · Xīn 辛 (middle)
- Yin Fire · Dīng 丁 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Fire Rooster · 丁酉— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yin Metal Goat · 辛未— Earth generates Metal; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Roof Earth · 屋上土— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Earth.
- Day animal 生肖
- Dog · 狗— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Metal Dragon · 庚辰— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Heart · 心— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.East palace (东) · Fox creature (狐) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- 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: Southwest (西南)
- Blessing 福神: Northwest (西北)
- Wealth 财神: Southwest (西南)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against repairing a stove, saying misfortune may follow.丙不修灶必见灾殃The verse cautions against eating dog meat, saying strange disturbances may reach the bed.戌不吃犬作怪上床Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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