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Chinese calendar, 14 April 1954

14 April 1954 is lunar month 3, day 12, 1954, the Wood Horse year. The day pillar is Yang Metal Rat. 0 named Yi activities; a general Ji restriction. 6 auspicious time windows; waxing gibbous.

Solar term

Qīngmíng · Pure Brightness

Since 5 April 1954

14

Wednesday

April 1954

Lunar date

3rd Month · 12th Day

一九五四十二

Year of the

Wood Horse

Yang Wood Horse · 甲午

Wood generates Fire in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Horse’s fixed element.

Solar term

Qīngmíng · Pure Brightness

since 5 April 1954

Moon phase

Waxing gibbous

Lunar day 12 · between principal phases

Daily almanac · 1954-04-14

The daily almanac & observances

14 April 1954
Traditional day classification

Inauspicious · Hei Dao

Heavenly Prison 天牢 · 黑道

Huang Dao and Hei Dao name the day-god cycle. For a particular plan, read its Yi and Ji activities below.

Traditionally suitable

  • None listed

Traditionally avoid

  • Nothing is considered suitable诸事不宜
Inside this lunar month

Month 3 · 30 days

3 April 19542 May 1954. 18 days remain after this date.

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Next festival & customs

Dragon Boat Festival

5 June 1954 · In communities especially around the middle and lower Yangtze, observances may combine local memorial rites, dragon-boat sports and rice-dumpling feasts; even the honoured hero varies by region.

The Moon this month · UTC+8

April 1954 moon phases

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  1. New moon

    Lunar 3/1

  2. First quarter

    Lunar 3/8

  3. Full moon

    Lunar 3/16

  4. Last quarter

    Lunar 3/24

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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This day in the traditional cycles

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Day pillar 日柱
Yang Metal Rat · 庚子— 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 Water · Guǐ (primary)
Month pillar 月柱
Yang Earth Dragon · 戊辰— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
Year pillar 年柱
Yang Wood Horse · 甲午Wood generates Fire; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
Day Na Yin 纳音
Wall Earth · 壁上土— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Earth.
Day animal 生肖
Rat · — the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
Opposes 冲
Yang Wood Horse · 甲午— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
Lunar mansion 宿
Winnowing Basket · — this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.East palace () · Leopard creature () · traditionally favourable ()
Day officer 建除
Complete · — determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
Auspicious directions 吉方
  • Joy 喜神: Northwest (西北)
  • Blessing 福神: Southwest (西南)
  • Wealth 财神: East (正东)
Three traditional direction markers determined by this date’s heavenly stem.
Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
The verse cautions against setting warp and weft, saying the loom may stand empty.庚不经络织机虚张The verse cautions against divination, saying it may invite trouble.子不问卜自惹祸殃Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.

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