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Chinese calendar, 7 May 1955

7 May 1955 is lunar leap month 3, day 16, 1955, the Wood Goat year. The day pillar is Yang Earth Dragon. 10 named Yi activities; 2 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; full moon.

Solar term

Lìxià · Beginning of Summer

Since 6 May 1955

7

Saturday

May 1955

Lunar date

Leap 3rd Month · 16th Day

一九五五闰三十六

Leap month

Year of the

Wood Goat

Yin Wood Goat · 乙未

Wood restrains Earth in the Five Phases, so the year element is understood as moderating the Goat’s fixed element.

Solar term

Lìxià · Beginning of Summer

since 6 May 1955

Moon phase

Full moon

06:14 · UTC+8

Daily almanac · 1955-05-07

The daily almanac & observances

7 May 1955
Traditional day classification

Auspicious · Huang Dao

Controller of Destiny 司命 · 黄道

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

Inside this lunar month

Leap month 3 · 30 days

22 April 195521 May 1955. 14 days remain after this date.

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Next festival & customs

Dragon Boat Festival

24 June 1955 · 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

May 1955 moon phases

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  1. Full moon

    Lunar leap 3/16

  2. Last quarter

    Lunar leap 3/24

  3. New moon

    Lunar 4/1

  4. First quarter

    Lunar 4/7

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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Gregorian dates and corresponding Chinese lunar month and day for April 1955
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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 Earth Dragon · 戊辰— 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 Earth · (primary)
  • Yin Wood · (middle)
  • Yin Water · Guǐ (residual)
Month pillar 月柱
Yin Metal Snake · 辛巳— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
Year pillar 年柱
Yin Wood Goat · 乙未Wood controls Earth; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
Day Na Yin 纳音
Great Forest Wood · 大林木— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Wood.
Day animal 生肖
Dragon · — the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
Opposes 冲
Yang Water Dog · 壬戌— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
Lunar mansion 宿
Root · — this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.East palace () · Raccoon dog creature () · traditionally unfavourable ()
Day officer 建除
Close · — determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
Auspicious directions 吉方
  • Joy 喜神: Southeast (东南)
  • Blessing 福神: Northeast (东北)
  • Wealth 财神: North (正北)
Three traditional direction markers determined by this date’s heavenly stem.
Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
The verse cautions against accepting land, saying it may be inauspicious for the owner.戊不受田田主不祥The verse cautions against weeping, saying another bereavement may follow.辰不哭泣必主重丧Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.

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7 May 1955 corresponds to lunar year 1955, the leap occurrence of month 3, day 16, in the 乙未 year — the Year of the Goat. You can enter another date in the date converter.

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