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Chinese calendar, 14 August 1956
14 August 1956 is lunar month 7, day 9, 1956, the Fire Monkey year. The day pillar is Yin Water Ox. 6 named Yi activities; a general Ji restriction. 7 auspicious time windows; waxing gibbous.
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August 1956
Lunar date
7th Month · 9th Day
一九五六年七月初九
Year of the
Fire restrains Metal in the Five Phases, so the year element is understood as moderating the Monkey’s fixed element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 9 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1956-08-14
The daily almanac & observances
癸丑 Yin Water Ox
The stem gives Water; 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
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Seal openings塞穴
- Place the deceased in a coffin入殓
- Begin burial excavation破土
- Burial安葬
- Move a coffin移柩
- No other activities recommended馀事勿取
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Nothing is considered suitable诸事不宜
Month 7 · 30 days
6 August 1956–4 September 1956. 21 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Ghost Festival
20 August 1956 · In Hong Kong's Cheung Chau Yu Lan tradition, communities offer food to wandering ghosts and perform rites including burning a Ghost Master effigy; other Yu Lan traditions use different sequences.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
August 1956 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 7/1
First quarter
Lunar 7/8
Full moon
Lunar 7/16
Last quarter
Lunar 7/24
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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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 Water Ox · 癸丑— 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 Monkey · 丙申— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Fire Monkey · 丙申— Fire controls Metal; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Mulberry Wood · 桑柘木— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Wood.
- Day animal 生肖
- Ox · 牛— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Fire Goat · 丁未— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Turtle Beak · 觜— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.West palace (西) · Monkey creature (猴) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Hold · 执— 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: South (正南)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against lawsuits, saying one’s case may be weaker than the opponent’s.癸不词讼理弱敌强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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