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Chinese calendar, 12 February 1933

12 February 1933 is lunar month 1, day 18, 1933, the Water Rooster year. The day pillar is Yin Earth Rooster. 18 named Yi activities; 3 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waning gibbous.

Solar term

Lìchūn · Beginning of Spring

Since 4 February 1933

12

Sunday

February 1933

Lunar date

1st Month · 18th Day

一九三三十八

Year of the

Water Rooster

Yin Water Rooster · 癸酉

Metal generates Water in the Five Phases, so the Rooster’s fixed element supports the year element.

Solar term

Lìchūn · Beginning of Spring

since 4 February 1933

Moon phase

Waning gibbous

Lunar day 18 · between principal phases

Daily almanac · 1933-02-12

The daily almanac & observances

12 February 1933
Traditional day classification

Inauspicious · Hei Dao

Dark Warrior 玄武 · 黑道

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 1 · 29 days

26 January 193323 February 1933. 11 days remain after this date.

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Next festival & customs

Qingming Festival

5 April 1933 · In China, Qingming is commonly marked by tending graves and honouring ancestors, while spring outings form another long-standing strand of the day.

The Moon this month · UTC+8

February 1933 moon phases

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  1. First quarter

    Lunar 1/8

  2. Full moon

    Lunar 1/16

  3. Last quarter

    Lunar 1/23

  4. New moon

    Lunar 2/1

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 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 (primary)
Month pillar 月柱
Yang Wood Tiger · 甲寅— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
Year pillar 年柱
Yin Water Rooster · 癸酉Metal generates Water; 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 · — 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
Room · — this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.East palace () · Rabbit creature () · traditionally favourable ()
Day officer 建除
Danger · — 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)
Three traditional direction markers determined by this date’s heavenly stem.
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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