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Chinese calendar, 31 January 1948
31 January 1948 is lunar month 12, day 21, 1947, the Fire Pig year. The day pillar is Yin Wood Rabbit. 24 named Yi activities; 3 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waning gibbous.
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January 1948
Lunar date
12th Month · 21st Day
一九四七年腊月廿一
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 21 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1948-01-31
The daily almanac & observances
乙卯 Yin Wood Rabbit
The stem gives Wood; the branch gives Rabbit.
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
- Formalize a betrothal agreement订盟
- Make a formal betrothal proposal纳采
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Pray for children求嗣
- Meet relatives and friends会亲友
- Ritual cleansing or removal解除
- Travel出行
- Begin school入学
- Receive funds纳财
- Open a business or market开市
- Trade交易
- Sign a contract立券
- Begin learning a craft习艺
- Set up a loom's warp经络
- Set up a bed安床
- Open a storehouse开仓
- Dispatch goods or funds出货财
- Acquire livestock纳畜
- Burial安葬
- Reopen a grave for reburial启钻
- Repair a grave修坟
- Place the deceased in a coffin入殓
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 12 · 30 days
11 January 1948–9 February 1948. 9 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Lunar New Year's Eve
9 February 1948 · In China, many families share a reunion dinner and stay up late to greet the new year, while the meal and surrounding rituals vary by region.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
January 1948 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 11/23
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/9
Full moon
Lunar 12/16
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 Rabbit · 乙卯— 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 Wood · Yǐ 乙 (primary)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Water Ox · 癸丑— 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
- Great Stream Water · 大溪水— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Water.
- Day animal 生肖
- Rabbit · 兔— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Earth Rooster · 己酉— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Girl · 女— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace (北) · Bat creature (蝠) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Full · 满— 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 digging a well, saying the water may not be sweet.卯不穿井水泉不香Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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