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Chinese calendar, 28 February 1950
28 February 1950 is lunar month 1, day 12, 1950, the Metal Tiger year. The day pillar is Yang Wood Horse. 26 named Yi activities; 4 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waxing gibbous.
Tuesday
February 1950
Lunar date
1st Month · 12th Day
一九五〇年正月十二
Year of the
Metal restrains Wood in the Five Phases, so the year element is understood as moderating the Tiger’s fixed element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 12 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1950-02-28
The daily almanac & observances
甲午 Yang Wood Horse
The stem gives Wood; the branch gives Horse.
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
- Sculpt or paint sacred images塑绘
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
- Give thanks to deities酬神
- Daoist fasting and offering rites斋醮
- Formalize a betrothal agreement订盟
- Make a formal betrothal proposal纳采
- Cut or make clothes裁衣
- Prepare wedding bed curtains合帐
- Dismantle a structure拆卸
- Begin construction earthworks动土
- Raise the main roof beam上梁
- Set up a bed安床
- Install an incense altar安香
- Build a temple造庙
- Hang a signboard or plaque挂匾
- Meet relatives and friends会亲友
- Add a member to the household进人口
- Travel出行
- Build or renovate修造
- Receive funds纳财
- Fell timber伐木
- Release or drain water放水
- Move a sacred altar or flame出火
- Acquire livestock纳畜
- Bathe沐浴
- Install a door安门
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 1 · 29 days
17 February 1950–17 March 1950. 17 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Lantern Festival
3 March 1950 · 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 1950 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 12/17
Last quarter
Lunar 12/24
New moon
Lunar 1/1
First quarter
Lunar 1/9
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 28 February 1950
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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
- Yang Wood Horse · 甲午— 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 Fire · Dīng 丁 (primary)
- Yin Earth · Jǐ 己 (middle)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yang Earth Tiger · 戊寅— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Metal Tiger · 庚寅— Metal controls Wood; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Sand Metal · 沙中金— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Metal.
- Day animal 生肖
- Horse · 马— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Earth Rat · 戊子— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Encampment · 室— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace (北) · Pig creature (猪) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- Day officer 建除
- Settle · 定— 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: Northeast (东北)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against opening a storehouse, saying possessions may be lost.甲不开仓财物耗散The verse cautions against roofing a house, saying its owner may have to make changes.午不苫盖屋主更张Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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