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Chinese calendar, 13 June 1940
13 June 1940 is lunar month 5, day 8, 1940, the Metal Dragon year. The day pillar is Yin Fire Pig. 6 named Yi activities; 5 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; first quarter.
Thursday
June 1940
Lunar date
5th Month · 8th Day
一九四〇年五月初八
Year of the
Earth generates Metal in the Five Phases, so the Dragon’s fixed element supports the year element.
Moon phase
09:59 · UTC+8
Daily almanac · 1940-06-13
The daily almanac & observances
丁亥 Yin Fire Pig
The stem gives Fire; the branch gives Pig.
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
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Bathe沐浴
- Trap or capture捕捉
- Make fishing nets结网
- Hunt畋猎
- Fish取渔
- No other activities recommended馀事勿取
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Open a business or market开市
- Trade交易
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Burial安葬
- Hold funeral rites行丧
Month 5 · 29 days
6 June 1940–4 July 1940. 21 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Qixi
10 August 1940 · Across documented Chinese traditions, women and girls have set out seasonal fruit and held needlework or other skill contests, though forms differ sharply by region and many have faded.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
June 1940 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 5/1
First quarter
Lunar 5/8
Full moon
Lunar 5/15
Last quarter
Lunar 5/23
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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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 Fire Pig · 丁亥— 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 Water · Rén 壬 (primary)
- Yang Wood · Jiǎ 甲 (middle)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yang Water Horse · 壬午— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Metal Dragon · 庚辰— 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
- Pig · 猪— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Metal Snake · 辛巳— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Well · 井— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.South palace (南) · Wild dog creature (犴) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- 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: South (正南)
- Blessing 福神: Southeast (东南)
- Wealth 财神: Southwest (西南)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against cutting hair, saying sores may appear.丁不剃头头必生疮The verse cautions against marriage, saying it may disadvantage the groom.亥不嫁娶不利新郎Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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