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Chinese calendar, 25 August 1949
25 August 1949 is lunar leap month 7, day 2, 1949, the Earth Ox year. The day pillar is Yin Fire Pig. 10 named Yi activities; 4 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waxing crescent.
Thursday
August 1949
Lunar date
Leap 7th Month · 2nd Day
一九四九年闰七月初二
Year of the
Earth is both the year element and the Ox’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Earth.
Moon phase
Lunar day 2 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1949-08-25
The daily almanac & observances
丁亥 Yin Fire Pig
The stem gives Fire; 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
Leap month 7 · 29 days
24 August 1949–21 September 1949. 27 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 Fire Pig · 丁亥— 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
- 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
- Roof Earth · 屋上土— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Earth.
- Day animal 生肖
- Pig · 猪— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Metal Snake · 辛巳— 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
- Balance · 平— 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 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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