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Chinese calendar, 22 February 1949
22 February 1949 is lunar month 1, day 25, 1949, the Earth Ox year. The day pillar is Yin Water Goat. 14 named Yi activities; 5 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waning crescent.
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February 1949
Lunar date
1st Month · 25th Day
一九四九年正月廿五
Year of the
Earth is both the year element and the Ox’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Earth.
Moon phase
Lunar day 25 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1949-02-22
The daily almanac & observances
癸未 Yin Water Goat
The stem gives Water; the branch gives Goat.
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
- Begin school入学
- Begin learning a craft习艺
- Travel出行
- Make a formal betrothal proposal纳采
- Formalize a betrothal agreement订盟
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Meet relatives and friends会亲友
- Add a member to the household进人口
- Raise livestock牧养
- Trap or capture捕捉
- Place the deceased in a coffin入殓
- Move a coffin移柩
- Burial安葬
- Reopen a grave for reburial启钻
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 1 · 30 days
29 January 1949–27 February 1949. 5 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Qingming Festival
5 April 1949 · 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
February 1949 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 1/9
Full moon
Lunar 1/16
Last quarter
Lunar 1/23
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
- Yin Water Goat · 癸未— 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 Earth · Jǐ 己 (primary)
- Yin Fire · Dīng 丁 (middle)
- Yin Wood · Yǐ 乙 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yang Fire Tiger · 丙寅— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yin Earth Ox · 己丑— Earth reinforces Earth; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Willow Wood · 杨柳木— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Wood.
- Day animal 生肖
- Goat · 羊— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Fire Ox · 丁丑— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Tail · 尾— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.East palace (东) · Tiger creature (虎) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- Day officer 建除
- Hold · 执— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
- Auspicious directions 吉方
- Joy 喜神: Southeast (东南)
- Blessing 福神: Northeast (东北)
- Wealth 财神: South (正南)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against lawsuits, saying one’s case may be weaker than the opponent’s.癸不词讼理弱敌强The verse cautions against taking medicine, saying harm may enter the body.未不服药毒气入肠Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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