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Chinese calendar, 20 May 1946
20 May 1946 is lunar month 4, day 20, 1946, the Fire Dog year. The day pillar is Yang Wood Horse. 19 named Yi activities; 4 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waning gibbous.
Monday
May 1946
Lunar date
4th Month · 20th Day
一九四六年四月二十
Year of the
Fire generates Earth in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Dog’s fixed element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 20 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1946-05-20
The daily almanac & observances
甲午 Yang Wood Horse
The stem gives Wood; the branch gives Horse.
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
- Make a formal betrothal proposal纳采
- Formalize a betrothal agreement订盟
- 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
- Ritual cleansing or removal解除
- Travel出行
- Move a sacred altar or flame出火
- Move into a new home入宅
- Move residence移徙
- Plant crops栽种
- Acquire livestock纳畜
- Raise livestock牧养
- Begin construction earthworks动土
- Begin burial excavation破土
- Place the deceased in a coffin入殓
- Burial安葬
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Build or install a stove作灶
- Set up a bed安床
- Open a storehouse开仓
- Roof or build a house盖屋
Month 4 · 30 days
1 May 1946–30 May 1946. 10 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Dragon Boat Festival
4 June 1946 · 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
May 1946 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 4/1
First quarter
Lunar 4/8
Full moon
Lunar 4/16
Last quarter
Lunar 4/24
New moon
Lunar 5/1
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 Wood Horse · 甲午— 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 Fire · Dīng 丁 (primary)
- Yin Earth · Jǐ 己 (middle)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Water Snake · 癸巳— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Fire Dog · 丙戌— Fire generates Earth; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Sand Metal · 沙中金— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Metal.
- Day animal 生肖
- Horse · 马— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Earth Rat · 戊子— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Heart · 心— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.East palace (东) · Fox creature (狐) · 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: Northeast (东北)
- Blessing 福神: North (正北)
- Wealth 财神: Northeast (东北)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against opening a storehouse, saying possessions may be lost.甲不开仓财物耗散The verse cautions against roofing a house, saying its owner may have to make changes.午不苫盖屋主更张Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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