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Chinese calendar, 1 June 1942
1 June 1942 is lunar month 4, day 18, 1942, the Water Horse year. The day pillar is Yin Wood Rooster. 23 named Yi activities; 0 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waning gibbous.
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June 1942
Lunar date
4th Month · 18th Day
一九四二年四月十八
Year of the
Water restrains Fire in the Five Phases, so the year element is understood as moderating the Horse’s fixed element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 18 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1942-06-01
The daily almanac & observances
乙酉 Yin Wood Rooster
The stem gives Wood; the branch gives Rooster.
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
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Pray for children求嗣
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
- Move a sacred altar or flame出火
- Travel出行
- Dismantle a structure拆卸
- Begin construction earthworks动土
- Ritual cleansing or removal解除
- Add a member to the household进人口
- Open a business or market开市
- Trade交易
- Sign a contract立券
- Hang a signboard or plaque挂匾
- Move into a new home入宅
- Move residence移徙
- Set up a bed安床
- Install a door安门
- Raise the main roof beam上梁
- Burial安葬
- Begin burial excavation破土
- Thanksgiving rite after building谢土
忌 Traditionally avoid
- None listed无
Month 4 · 30 days
15 May 1942–13 June 1942. 12 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Dragon Boat Festival
18 June 1942 · 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
June 1942 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 4/23
New moon
Lunar 5/1
First quarter
Lunar 5/9
Full moon
Lunar 5/15
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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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 Wood Rooster · 乙酉— 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 Metal · Xīn 辛 (primary)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Wood Snake · 乙巳— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Water Horse · 壬午— Water controls Fire; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Spring Water · 泉中水— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Water.
- Day animal 生肖
- Rooster · 鸡— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Earth Rabbit · 己卯— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Rooftop · 危— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace (北) · Swallow creature (燕) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Settle · 定— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
- Auspicious directions 吉方
- Joy 喜神: Northwest (西北)
- Blessing 福神: Southwest (西南)
- Wealth 财神: Northeast (东北)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against planting, saying even many plants may not grow.乙不栽植千株不长The verse cautions against receiving guests, saying drunken disorder may follow.酉不会客醉坐颠狂Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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