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Chinese calendar, 4 June 1957

4 June 1957 is lunar month 5, day 7, 1957, the Fire Rooster year. The day pillar is Yin Fire Goat. 11 named Yi activities; 5 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waxing crescent.

Solar term

Xiǎomǎn · Grain Buds

Since 21 May 1957

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Tuesday

June 1957

Lunar date

5th Month · 7th Day

一九五七初七

Year of the

Fire Rooster

Yin Fire Rooster · 丁酉

Fire restrains Metal in the Five Phases, so the year element is understood as moderating the Rooster’s fixed element.

Solar term

Xiǎomǎn · Grain Buds

since 21 May 1957

Moon phase

Waxing crescent

Lunar day 7 · between principal phases

Daily almanac · 1957-06-04

The daily almanac & observances

4 June 1957
Traditional day classification

Auspicious · Huang Dao

Bright Hall 明堂 · 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

Month 5 · 30 days

29 May 195727 June 1957. 23 days remain after this date.

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Next festival & customs

Qixi

2 August 1957 · 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.

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June 1957 moon phases

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  1. First quarter

    Lunar 5/8

  2. Full moon

    Lunar 5/15

  3. Last quarter

    Lunar 5/23

  4. New moon

    Lunar 6/1

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

Each result below names this date’s position and explains what the term means.

Day pillar 日柱
Yin Fire Goat · 丁未— 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 · (primary)
  • Yin Fire · Dīng (middle)
  • Yin Wood · (residual)
Month pillar 月柱
Yin Wood Snake · 乙巳— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
Year pillar 年柱
Yin Fire Rooster · 丁酉Fire controls Metal; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
Day Na Yin 纳音
Heavenly River Water · 天河水— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Water.
Day animal 生肖
Goat · — the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
Opposes 冲
Yin Metal Ox · 辛丑— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
Lunar mansion 宿
Tail · — this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.East palace () · Tiger creature () · traditionally favourable ()
Day officer 建除
Full · — determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
Auspicious directions 吉方
  • Joy 喜神: South (正南)
  • Blessing 福神: Southeast (东南)
  • Wealth 财神: Southwest (西南)
Three traditional direction markers determined by this date’s heavenly stem.
Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
The verse cautions against cutting hair, saying sores may appear.丁不剃头头必生疮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.Do not skip or delay prescribed medicine because of a traditional verse.

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