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Chinese calendar, 12 June 1952
12 June 1952 is lunar month 5, day 20, 1952, the Water Dragon year. The day pillar is Yin Earth Ox. 13 named Yi activities; 4 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waning gibbous.
Thursday
June 1952
Lunar date
5th Month · 20th Day
一九五二年五月二十
Year of the
Earth restrains Water in the Five Phases, so the Dragon’s fixed element is understood as moderating the year element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 20 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1952-06-12
The daily almanac & observances
己丑 Yin Earth Ox
The stem gives Earth; the branch gives Ox.
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
Medical care should follow clinical need; do not postpone treatment because of an almanac entry.
Month 5 · 29 days
24 May 1952–21 June 1952. 9 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Qixi
26 August 1952 · Across documented Chinese traditions, women and girls have set out seasonal fruit and held needlework or other skill contests, though forms differ sharply by region and many have faded.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
June 1952 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 5/9
Full moon
Lunar 5/16
Last quarter
Lunar 5/23
New moon
Lunar leap 5/1
First quarter
Lunar leap 5/9
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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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 Ox · 己丑— 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 Water · Guǐ 癸 (middle)
- Yin Metal · Xīn 辛 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yang Fire Horse · 丙午— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Water Dragon · 壬辰— Earth controls Water; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Thunderbolt Fire · 霹雳火— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Fire.
- Day animal 生肖
- Ox · 牛— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Water Goat · 癸未— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Dipper · 斗— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace (北) · Xiezhi creature (獬) · 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 ceremonial dress, saying the wearer may not return home.丑不冠带主不还乡Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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