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Chinese calendar, 17 August 1949
17 August 1949 is lunar month 7, day 23, 1949, the Earth Ox year. The day pillar is Yin Earth Rabbit. 13 named Yi activities; 5 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; last quarter.
Wednesday
August 1949
Lunar date
7th Month · 23rd Day
一九四九年七月廿三
Year of the
Earth is both the year element and the Ox’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Earth.
Moon phase
06:59 · UTC+8
Daily almanac · 1949-08-17
The daily almanac & observances
己卯 Yin Earth Rabbit
The stem gives Earth; 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
- Formalize a betrothal agreement订盟
- Make a formal betrothal proposal纳采
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Install an incense altar安香
- Move a sacred altar or flame出火
- Open a business or market开市
- Sign a contract立券
- Move into a new home入宅
- Hang a signboard or plaque挂匾
- Build a bridge造桥
- Reopen a grave for reburial启钻
- Burial安葬
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 7 · 29 days
26 July 1949–23 August 1949. 6 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Mid-Autumn Festival
6 October 1949 · Among Chinese communities in Singapore, families may share mooncakes, pomelo and tea while children carry lanterns, with household practices varying.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
August 1949 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 7/7
Full moon
Lunar 7/15
Last quarter
Lunar 7/23
New moon
Lunar leap 7/1
First quarter
Lunar leap 7/8
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 Rabbit · 己卯— 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 Water Monkey · 壬申— 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
- City-wall Earth · 城头土— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Earth.
- Day animal 生肖
- Rabbit · 兔— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Water Rooster · 癸酉— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Wall · 壁— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace (北) · Yu beast creature (獝) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- Day officer 建除
- Danger · 危— 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 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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