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Chinese calendar, 31 August 1942
31 August 1942 is lunar month 7, day 20, 1942, the Water Horse year. The day pillar is Yang Fire Dragon. 17 named Yi activities; 4 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waning gibbous.
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August 1942
Lunar date
7th Month · 20th Day
一九四二年七月二十
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 20 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1942-08-31
The daily almanac & observances
丙辰 Yang Fire Dragon
The stem gives Fire; the branch gives Dragon.
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
- Move a sacred altar or flame出火
- Dismantle a structure拆卸
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
- Fell timber伐木
- Begin construction earthworks动土
- Open a business or market开市
- Trade交易
- Sign a contract立券
- Move into a new home入宅
- Move residence移徙
- Set up a bed安床
- Acquire livestock纳畜
- Place the deceased in a coffin入殓
- Burial安葬
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Plant crops栽种
- Build or install a stove作灶
- Acupuncture or moxibustion针灸
- Travel出行
Medical care should follow clinical need; do not postpone treatment because of an almanac entry.
Month 7 · 29 days
12 August 1942–9 September 1942. 9 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Mid-Autumn Festival
24 September 1942 · Among Chinese communities in Singapore, families may share mooncakes, pomelo and tea while children carry lanterns, with household practices varying.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
August 1942 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 6/23
New moon
Lunar 7/1
First quarter
Lunar 7/8
Full moon
Lunar 7/15
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
- Yang Fire Dragon · 丙辰— 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 Earth · Wù 戊 (primary)
- Yin Wood · Yǐ 乙 (middle)
- Yin Water · Guǐ 癸 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yang Earth Monkey · 戊申— 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
- Sand Earth · 沙中土— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Earth.
- Day animal 生肖
- Dragon · 龙— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Metal Dog · 庚戌— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Net · 毕— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.West palace (西) · Crow creature (乌) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- Day officer 建除
- Complete · 成— 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: Southwest (西南)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against repairing a stove, saying misfortune may follow.丙不修灶必见灾殃The verse cautions against weeping, saying another bereavement may follow.辰不哭泣必主重丧Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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31 August 1942 corresponds to lunar year 1942, month 7, day 20, in the 壬午 year — the Year of the Horse. You can enter another date in the date converter.
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