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Chinese calendar, 11 February 1962
11 February 1962 is lunar month 1, day 7, 1962, the Water Tiger year. The day pillar is Yang Metal Dragon. 7 named Yi activities; 4 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; first quarter.
Sunday
February 1962
Lunar date
1st Month · 7th Day
一九六二年正月初七
Year of the
Water generates Wood in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Tiger’s fixed element.
Moon phase
23:43 · UTC+8
Daily almanac · 1962-02-11
The daily almanac & observances
庚辰 Yang Metal Dragon
The stem gives Metal; the branch gives Dragon.
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
- Meet relatives and friends会亲友
- Pray for children求嗣
- Cut hair理发
- Coming-of-age ceremony冠笄
- Make fishing nets结网
- Trap or capture捕捉
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 1 · 29 days
5 February 1962–5 March 1962. 22 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Lantern Festival
19 February 1962 · In Shanghai and many other Chinese communities, people may view lantern displays, solve lantern riddles and eat yuanxiao or tangyuan, with recipes and events varying by place.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
February 1962 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 1/1
First quarter
Lunar 1/7
Full moon
Lunar 1/15
Last quarter
Lunar 1/23
Calculated phase moments use fixed UTC+8. A lunar day number and a Moon phase describe different things. How they fit together →
The surrounding month
Explore the days around 11 February 1962
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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 Metal Dragon · 庚辰— 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 · Wù 戊 (primary)
- Yin Wood · Yǐ 乙 (middle)
- Yin Water · Guǐ 癸 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yang Water Tiger · 壬寅— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Water Tiger · 壬寅— Water generates Wood; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- White Wax Metal · 白蜡金— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Metal.
- Day animal 生肖
- Dragon · 龙— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Wood Dog · 甲戌— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Emptiness · 虚— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace (北) · Rat creature (鼠) · 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: East (正东)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against setting warp and weft, saying the loom may stand empty.庚不经络织机虚张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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