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Chinese calendar, 6 February 1944
6 February 1944 is lunar month 1, day 13, 1944, the Wood Monkey year. The day pillar is Yang Metal Rat. 17 named Yi activities; 4 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waxing gibbous.
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February 1944
Lunar date
1st Month · 13th Day
一九四四年正月十三
Year of the
Metal restrains Wood in the Five Phases, so the Monkey’s fixed element is understood as moderating the year element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 13 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1944-02-06
The daily almanac & observances
庚子 Yang Metal Rat
The stem gives Metal; the branch gives Rat.
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
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Pray for children求嗣
- Daoist fasting and offering rites斋醮
- Formalize a betrothal agreement订盟
- Make a formal betrothal proposal纳采
- Cut or make clothes裁衣
- Coming-of-age ceremony冠笄
- Open a business or market开市
- Sign a contract立券
- Trade交易
- Receive funds纳财
- End the mourning-clothes period除服
- Thanksgiving rite after building谢土
- Travel出行
- Move a coffin移柩
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 1 · 30 days
25 January 1944–23 February 1944. 17 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Lantern Festival
8 February 1944 · In Shanghai and many other Chinese communities, people may view lantern displays, solve lantern riddles and eat yuanxiao or tangyuan, with recipes and events varying by place.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
February 1944 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 1/8
Full moon
Lunar 1/16
Last quarter
Lunar 1/24
New moon
Lunar 2/1
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 Metal Rat · 庚子— 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 Water · Guǐ 癸 (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 Wood Monkey · 甲申— Metal controls Wood; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Wall Earth · 壁上土— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Earth.
- Day animal 生肖
- Rat · 鼠— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Wood Horse · 甲午— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Emptiness · 虚— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace (北) · Rat creature (鼠) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Open · 开— 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: East (正东)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against setting warp and weft, saying the loom may stand empty.庚不经络织机虚张The verse cautions against divination, saying it may invite trouble.子不问卜自惹祸殃Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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