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Chinese calendar, 21 March 1947
21 March 1947 is lunar month 2, day 29, 1947, the Fire Pig year. The day pillar is Yin Earth Pig. 15 named Yi activities; 5 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waning crescent.
Friday
March 1947
Lunar date
2nd Month · 29th Day
一九四七年二月廿九
Year of the
Water restrains Fire in the Five Phases, so the Pig’s fixed element is understood as moderating the year element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 29 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1947-03-21
The daily almanac & observances
己亥 Yin Earth Pig
The stem gives Earth; the branch gives Pig.
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
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Set foundation stones定磉
- Make a coffin合寿木
- Burial安葬
- Hold funeral rites行丧
Medical care should follow clinical need; do not postpone treatment because of an almanac entry.
Month 2 · 30 days
21 February 1947–22 March 1947. 1 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Qingming Festival
5 April 1947 · In China, Qingming is commonly marked by tending graves and honouring ancestors, while spring outings form another long-standing strand of the day.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
March 1947 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 2/15
Last quarter
Lunar 2/23
New moon
Lunar leap 2/1
First quarter
Lunar leap 2/8
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 Earth Pig · 己亥— 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 Water · Rén 壬 (primary)
- Yang Wood · Jiǎ 甲 (middle)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Water Rabbit · 癸卯— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yin Fire Pig · 丁亥— Water controls Fire; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Level-ground Wood · 平地木— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Wood.
- Day animal 生肖
- Pig · 猪— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Water Snake · 癸巳— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Neck · 亢— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.East palace (东) · Dragon creature (龙) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- 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: Northeast (东北)
- Blessing 福神: North (正北)
- Wealth 财神: North (正北)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against handling agreements, saying both parties may lose.己不破券二比并亡The verse cautions against marriage, saying it may disadvantage the groom.亥不嫁娶不利新郎Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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