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Chinese calendar, 11 April 1937

11 April 1937 is lunar month 3, day 1, 1937, the Fire Ox year. The day pillar is Yang Earth Dragon. 2 named Yi activities; 4 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; new moon.

Solar term

Qīngmíng · Pure Brightness

Since 5 April 1937

11

Sunday

April 1937

Lunar date

3rd Month · 1st Day

一九三七初一

Year of the

Fire Ox

Yin Fire Ox · 丁丑

Fire generates Earth in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Ox’s fixed element.

Solar term

Qīngmíng · Pure Brightness

since 5 April 1937

Moon phase

New moon

13:10 · UTC+8

Daily almanac · 1937-04-11

The daily almanac & observances

11 April 1937
Traditional day classification

Auspicious · Huang Dao

Azure Dragon 青龙 · 黄道

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 3 · 29 days

11 April 19379 May 1937. 28 days remain after this date.

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Next festival & customs

Dragon Boat Festival

13 June 1937 · In communities especially around the middle and lower Yangtze, observances may combine local memorial rites, dragon-boat sports and rice-dumpling feasts; even the honoured hero varies by region.

The Moon this month · UTC+8

April 1937 moon phases

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  1. Last quarter

    Lunar 2/23

  2. New moon

    Lunar 3/1

  3. First quarter

    Lunar 3/8

  4. Full moon

    Lunar 3/15

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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Gregorian dates and corresponding Chinese lunar month and day for April 1937
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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 Earth Dragon · 戊辰— 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 · (primary)
  • Yin Wood · (middle)
  • Yin Water · Guǐ (residual)
Month pillar 月柱
Yang Wood Dragon · 甲辰— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
Year pillar 年柱
Yin Fire Ox · 丁丑Fire generates Earth; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
Day Na Yin 纳音
Great Forest Wood · 大林木— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Wood.
Day animal 生肖
Dragon · — the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
Opposes 冲
Yang Water Dog · 壬戌— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
Lunar mansion 宿
Emptiness · — this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace () · Rat creature () · traditionally unfavourable ()
Day officer 建除
Establish · — 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: 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 accepting land, saying it may be inauspicious for the owner.戊不受田田主不祥The verse cautions against weeping, saying another bereavement may follow.辰不哭泣必主重丧Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.

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