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Chinese calendar, 11 February 1939
11 February 1939 is lunar month 12, day 23, 1938, the Earth Tiger year. The day pillar is Yin Earth Rabbit. 11 named Yi activities; 5 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; last quarter.
Saturday
February 1939
Lunar date
12th Month · 23rd Day
一九三八年腊月廿三
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
12:12 · UTC+8
Daily almanac · 1939-02-11
The daily almanac & observances
己卯 Yin Earth Rabbit
The stem gives Earth; the branch gives Rabbit.
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
Month 12 · 30 days
20 January 1939–18 February 1939. 7 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Lunar New Year's Eve
18 February 1939 · In China, many families share a reunion dinner and stay up late to greet the new year, while the meal and surrounding rituals vary by region.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
February 1939 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 12/16
Last quarter
Lunar 12/23
New moon
Lunar 1/1
First quarter
Lunar 1/9
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 Rabbit · 己卯— 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 Wood · Yǐ 乙 (primary)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yang Fire Tiger · 丙寅— 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
- City-wall Earth · 城头土— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Earth.
- Day animal 生肖
- Rabbit · 兔— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Water Rooster · 癸酉— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Girl · 女— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace (北) · Bat creature (蝠) · 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: 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 digging a well, saying the water may not be sweet.卯不穿井水泉不香Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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