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Chinese calendar, 20 February 1938
20 February 1938 is lunar month 1, day 21, 1938, the Earth Tiger year. The day pillar is Yin Water Goat. 14 named Yi activities; 5 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waning gibbous.
Sunday
February 1938
Lunar date
1st Month · 21st Day
一九三八年正月廿一
Year of the
Wood restrains Earth in the Five Phases, so the Tiger’s fixed element is understood as moderating the year element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 21 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1938-02-20
The daily almanac & observances
癸未 Yin Water Goat
The stem gives Water; the branch gives Goat.
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
- Begin school入学
- Begin learning a craft习艺
- Travel出行
- Make a formal betrothal proposal纳采
- Formalize a betrothal agreement订盟
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Meet relatives and friends会亲友
- Add a member to the household进人口
- Raise livestock牧养
- Trap or capture捕捉
- Place the deceased in a coffin入殓
- Move a coffin移柩
- Burial安葬
- Reopen a grave for reburial启钻
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 1 · 30 days
31 January 1938–1 March 1938. 9 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Qingming Festival
5 April 1938 · 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 1938 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 1/9
Full moon
Lunar 1/16
Last quarter
Lunar 1/23
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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Explore the days around 20 February 1938
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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 Goat · 癸未— 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 Earth · Jǐ 己 (primary)
- Yin Fire · Dīng 丁 (middle)
- Yin Wood · Yǐ 乙 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yang Wood Tiger · 甲寅— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Earth Tiger · 戊寅— Wood controls Earth; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Willow Wood · 杨柳木— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Wood.
- Day animal 生肖
- Goat · 羊— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Fire Ox · 丁丑— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Hairy Head · 昴— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.West palace (西) · Rooster creature (鸡) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Hold · 执— 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 taking medicine, saying harm may enter the body.未不服药毒气入肠Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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