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Chinese calendar, 14 September 1958
14 September 1958 is lunar month 8, day 2, 1958, the Earth Dog year. The day pillar is Yang Wood Horse. 8 named Yi activities; 10 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waxing crescent.
Sunday
September 1958
Lunar date
8th Month · 2nd Day
一九五八年八月初二
Year of the
Earth is both the year element and the Dog’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Earth.
Moon phase
Lunar day 2 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1958-09-14
The daily almanac & observances
甲午 Yang Wood Horse
The stem gives Wood; the branch gives Horse.
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
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Open a storehouse开仓
- Dispatch goods or funds出货财
- Fell timber伐木
- Acquire livestock纳畜
- Open a business or market开市
- Raise the main roof beam上梁
- Roof or build a house盖屋
- Begin burial excavation破土
- Reopen a grave for reburial启钻
- Plant crops栽种
Month 8 · 30 days
13 September 1958–12 October 1958. 28 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Mid-Autumn Festival
27 September 1958 · Among Chinese communities in Singapore, families may share mooncakes, pomelo and tea while children carry lanterns, with household practices varying.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
September 1958 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 7/23
New moon
Lunar 8/1
First quarter
Lunar 8/8
Full moon
Lunar 8/16
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
- Yang Wood Horse · 甲午— 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 Fire · Dīng 丁 (primary)
- Yin Earth · Jǐ 己 (middle)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Metal Rooster · 辛酉— 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
- Sand Metal · 沙中金— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Metal.
- Day animal 生肖
- Horse · 马— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Earth Rat · 戊子— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Star · 星— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.South palace (南) · Horse creature (马) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Receive · 收— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
- Auspicious directions 吉方
- Joy 喜神: Northeast (东北)
- Blessing 福神: North (正北)
- Wealth 财神: Northeast (东北)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against opening a storehouse, saying possessions may be lost.甲不开仓财物耗散The verse cautions against roofing a house, saying its owner may have to make changes.午不苫盖屋主更张Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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