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Chinese calendar, 29 March 1958
29 March 1958 is lunar month 2, day 10, 1958, the Earth Dog year. The day pillar is Yin Wood Snake. 11 named Yi activities; 3 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waxing gibbous.
Saturday
March 1958
Lunar date
2nd Month · 10th Day
一九五八年二月初十
Year of the
Earth is both the year element and the Dog’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Earth.
Moon phase
Lunar day 10 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1958-03-29
The daily almanac & observances
乙巳 Yin Wood Snake
The stem gives Wood; the branch gives Snake.
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
- Receive funds纳财
- Open a business or market开市
- Trade交易
- Sign a contract立券
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
- Acupuncture or moxibustion针灸
- Meet relatives and friends会亲友
- Cut hair理发
- Set up a bed安床
- Build a storehouse造仓
- Make fishing nets结网
忌 Traditionally avoid
Medical care should follow clinical need; do not postpone treatment because of an almanac entry.
Month 2 · 30 days
20 March 1958–18 April 1958. 20 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Qingming Festival
5 April 1958 · In China, Qingming is commonly marked by tending graves and honouring ancestors, while spring outings form another long-standing strand of the day.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
March 1958 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 1/17
Last quarter
Lunar 1/23
New moon
Lunar 2/1
First quarter
Lunar 2/9
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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Explore the days around 29 March 1958
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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 Wood Snake · 乙巳— 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 Fire · Bǐng 丙 (primary)
- Yang Metal · Gēng 庚 (middle)
- Yang Earth · Wù 戊 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Wood Rabbit · 乙卯— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Earth Dog · 戊戌— Earth reinforces Earth; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Covered-lamp Fire · 覆灯火— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Fire.
- Day animal 生肖
- Snake · 蛇— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Earth Pig · 己亥— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Willow · 柳— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.South palace (南) · Roe deer creature (獐) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Full · 满— 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: Northeast (东北)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against planting, saying even many plants may not grow.乙不栽植千株不长The verse cautions against long travel, saying possessions may be hidden or lost.巳不远行财物伏藏Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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