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Chinese calendar, 19 January 1951
19 January 1951 is lunar month 12, day 12, 1950, the Metal Tiger year. The day pillar is Yin Earth Goat. 2 named Yi activities; 3 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waxing gibbous.
Friday
January 1951
Lunar date
12th Month · 12th Day
一九五〇年腊月十二
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 · 1951-01-19
The daily almanac & observances
己未 Yin Earth Goat
The stem gives Earth; 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
- Demolish a building破屋
- Demolish a wall坏垣
- No other activities recommended馀事勿取
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 12 · 29 days
8 January 1951–5 February 1951. 17 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Lunar New Year's Eve
5 February 1951 · In China, many families share a reunion dinner and stay up late to greet the new year, while the meal and surrounding rituals vary by region.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
January 1951 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 11/24
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/8
Full moon
Lunar 12/16
Last quarter
Lunar 12/23
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 Goat · 己未— 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
- Yin Earth Ox · 己丑— 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
- Heavenly Fire · 天上火— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Fire.
- Day animal 生肖
- Goat · 羊— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Water Ox · 癸丑— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Neck · 亢— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.East palace (东) · Dragon creature (龙) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Break · 破— 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 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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