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Chinese calendar, 24 February 1963
24 February 1963 is lunar month 2, day 1, 1963, the Water Rabbit year. The day pillar is Yang Earth Dog. 8 named Yi activities; 4 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; new moon.
Sunday
February 1963
Lunar date
2nd Month · 1st Day
一九六三年二月初一
Year of the
Water generates Wood in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Rabbit’s fixed element.
Moon phase
10:06 · UTC+8
Daily almanac · 1963-02-24
The daily almanac & observances
戊戌 Yang Earth Dog
The stem gives Earth; the branch gives Dog.
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
Month 2 · 29 days
24 February 1963–24 March 1963. 28 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Qingming Festival
5 April 1963 · 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
February 1963 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 1/8
Full moon
Lunar 1/15
Last quarter
Lunar 1/24
New moon
Lunar 2/1
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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Explore the days around 24 February 1963
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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 Earth Dog · 戊戌— 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 Metal · Xīn 辛 (middle)
- Yin Fire · Dīng 丁 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yang Wood Tiger · 甲寅— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yin Water Rabbit · 癸卯— Water generates Wood; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Level-ground Wood · 平地木— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Wood.
- Day animal 生肖
- Dog · 狗— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Water Dragon · 壬辰— 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
- Complete · 成— 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: North (正北)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against accepting land, saying it may be inauspicious for the owner.戊不受田田主不祥The verse cautions against eating dog meat, saying strange disturbances may reach the bed.戌不吃犬作怪上床Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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