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Chinese calendar, 7 February 1942
7 February 1942 is lunar month 12, day 22, 1941, the Metal Snake year. The day pillar is Yin Metal Rabbit. 21 named Yi activities; 1 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waning gibbous.
Saturday
February 1942
Lunar date
12th Month · 22nd Day
一九四一年腊月廿二
Year of the
Fire restrains Metal in the Five Phases, so the Snake’s fixed element is understood as moderating the year element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 22 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1942-02-07
The daily almanac & observances
辛卯 Yin Metal Rabbit
The stem gives Metal; 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
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Daoist fasting and offering rites斋醮
- Cut or make clothes裁衣
- Prepare wedding bed curtains合帐
- Coming-of-age ceremony冠笄
- Formalize a betrothal agreement订盟
- Make a formal betrothal proposal纳采
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Move into a new home入宅
- Install an incense altar安香
- Thanksgiving rite after building谢土
- Place the deceased in a coffin入殓
- Move a coffin移柩
- Begin burial excavation破土
- Erect a memorial stone立碑
- Meet relatives and friends会亲友
- Travel出行
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Pray for children求嗣
- Raise the main roof beam上梁
- Release or drain water放水
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 12 · 29 days
17 January 1942–14 February 1942. 7 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Lunar New Year's Eve
14 February 1942 · 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 1942 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 Metal Rabbit · 辛卯— 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 Water Tiger · 壬寅— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yin Metal Snake · 辛巳— Fire controls Metal; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Pine and Cypress Wood · 松柏木— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Wood.
- Day animal 生肖
- Rabbit · 兔— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Wood Rooster · 乙酉— 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: Southwest (西南)
- Blessing 福神: Northwest (西北)
- Wealth 财神: East (正东)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against making sauce, saying the household may not taste it.辛不合酱主人不尝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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