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Chinese calendar, 12 February 1948
12 February 1948 is lunar month 1, day 3, 1948, the Earth Rat year. The day pillar is Yin Fire Rabbit. 20 named Yi activities; 5 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waxing crescent.
Thursday
February 1948
Lunar date
1st Month · 3rd Day
一九四八年正月初三
Year of the
Earth restrains Water in the Five Phases, so the year element is understood as moderating the Rat’s fixed element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 3 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1948-02-12
The daily almanac & observances
丁卯 Yin Fire Rabbit
The stem gives Fire; 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
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Pray for children求嗣
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Travel出行
- Ritual cleansing or removal解除
- Fell timber伐木
- Dismantle a structure拆卸
- Add a member to the household进人口
- Set up a bed安床
- Begin construction earthworks动土
- Lay a foundation起基
- Raise the main roof beam上梁
- Plant crops栽种
- Acquire livestock纳畜
- Begin burial excavation破土
- Thanksgiving rite after building谢土
- Reopen a grave for reburial启钻
- Burial安葬
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 1 · 30 days
10 February 1948–10 March 1948. 27 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Lantern Festival
24 February 1948 · 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 1948 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 12/23
New moon
Lunar 1/1
First quarter
Lunar 1/9
Full moon
Lunar 1/16
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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Explore the days around 12 February 1948
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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 Fire Rabbit · 丁卯— 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
- Yang Wood Tiger · 甲寅— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Earth Rat · 戊子— Earth controls Water; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Furnace Fire · 炉中火— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Fire.
- Day animal 生肖
- Rabbit · 兔— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Metal Rooster · 辛酉— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Well · 井— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.South palace (南) · Wild dog creature (犴) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- 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: South (正南)
- Blessing 福神: Southeast (东南)
- Wealth 财神: Southwest (西南)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against cutting hair, saying sores may appear.丁不剃头头必生疮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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