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Chinese calendar, 12 April 1966

12 April 1966 is lunar month 3, day 22, 1966, the Fire Horse year. The day pillar is Yin Metal Ox. 2 named Yi activities; a general Ji restriction. 7 auspicious time windows; waning gibbous.

Solar term

Qīngmíng · Pure Brightness

Since 5 April 1966

12

Tuesday

April 1966

Lunar date

3rd Month · 22nd Day

一九六六廿二

Year of the

Fire Horse

Yang Fire Horse · 丙午

Fire is both the year element and the Horse’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Fire.

Solar term

Qīngmíng · Pure Brightness

since 5 April 1966

Moon phase

Waning gibbous

Lunar day 22 · between principal phases

Daily almanac · 1966-04-12

The daily almanac & observances

12 April 1966
Traditional day classification

Inauspicious · Hei Dao

Dark Warrior 玄武 · 黑道

Huang Dao and Hei Dao name the day-god cycle. For a particular plan, read its Yi and Ji activities below.

Traditionally suitable

Traditionally avoid

  • Nothing is considered suitable诸事不宜
Inside this lunar month

Month 3 · 30 days

22 March 196620 April 1966. 8 days remain after this date.

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Next festival & customs

Dragon Boat Festival

23 June 1966 · 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

April 1966 moon phases

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  1. Full moon

    Lunar 3/15

  2. Last quarter

    Lunar 3/23

  3. New moon

    Lunar leap 3/1

  4. First quarter

    Lunar leap 3/8

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 April 1966
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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 Metal Ox · 辛丑— 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 Earth · (primary)
  • Yin Water · Guǐ (middle)
  • Yin Metal · Xīn (residual)
Month pillar 月柱
Yang Water Dragon · 壬辰— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
Year pillar 年柱
Yang Fire Horse · 丙午Fire reinforces Fire; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
Day Na Yin 纳音
Wall Earth · 壁上土— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Earth.
Day animal 生肖
Ox · — the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
Opposes 冲
Yin Wood Goat · 乙未— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
Lunar mansion 宿
Turtle Beak · — this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.West palace (西) · Monkey creature () · traditionally unfavourable ()
Day officer 建除
Receive · — determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
Auspicious directions 吉方
  • Joy 喜神: Southwest (西南)
  • Blessing 福神: Northwest (西北)
  • Wealth 财神: East (正东)
Three traditional direction markers determined by this date’s heavenly stem.
Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
The verse cautions against making sauce, saying the household may not taste it.辛不合酱主人不尝The verse cautions against ceremonial dress, saying the wearer may not return home.丑不冠带主不还乡Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.

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