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Chinese calendar, 20 June 1963

20 June 1963 is lunar leap month 4, day 29, 1963, the Water Rabbit year. The day pillar is Yang Wood Horse. 5 named Yi activities; 3 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waning crescent.

Solar term

Mángzhòng · Grain in Ear

Since 6 June 1963

20

Thursday

June 1963

Lunar date

Leap 4th Month · 29th Day

一九六三闰四廿九

Leap month

Year of the

Water Rabbit

Yin Water Rabbit · 癸卯

Water generates Wood in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Rabbit’s fixed element.

Solar term

Mángzhòng · Grain in Ear

since 6 June 1963

Moon phase

Waning crescent

Lunar day 29 · between principal phases

Daily almanac · 1963-06-20

The daily almanac & observances

20 June 1963
Traditional day classification

Auspicious · Huang Dao

Controller of Destiny 司命 · 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

Leap month 4 · 29 days

23 May 196320 June 1963. This is the final day of the month.

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Next festival & customs

Dragon Boat Festival

25 June 1963 · In communities especially around the middle and lower Yangtze, observances may combine local memorial rites, dragon-boat sports and rice-dumpling feasts; even the honoured hero varies by region.

The Moon this month · UTC+8

June 1963 moon phases

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  1. Full moon

    Lunar leap 4/16

  2. Last quarter

    Lunar leap 4/24

  3. New moon

    Lunar 5/1

  4. First quarter

    Lunar 5/9

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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Gregorian dates and corresponding Chinese lunar month and day for September 1963
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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
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 (primary)
  • Yin Earth · (middle)
Month pillar 月柱
Yang Earth Horse · 戊午— 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
Sand Metal · 沙中金— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Metal.
Day animal 生肖
Horse · — 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
Horn · — this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.East palace () · Flood dragon creature () · traditionally favourable ()
Day officer 建除
Establish · — 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)
Three traditional direction markers determined by this date’s heavenly stem.
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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20 June 1963 corresponds to lunar year 1963, the leap occurrence of month 4, day 29, in the 癸卯 year — the Year of the Rabbit. You can enter another date in the date converter.

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