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Chinese calendar, 14 April 1966
14 April 1966 is lunar month 3, day 24, 1966, the Fire Horse year. The day pillar is Yin Water Rabbit. 14 named Yi activities; 3 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waning crescent.
Thursday
April 1966
Lunar date
3rd Month · 24th Day
一九六六年三月廿四
Year of the
Fire is both the year element and the Horse’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Fire.
Moon phase
Lunar day 24 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1966-04-14
The daily almanac & observances
癸卯 Yin Water Rabbit
The stem gives Water; the branch gives Rabbit.
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
- Legal proceedings词讼
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
- Open a business or market开市
Month 3 · 30 days
22 March 1966–20 April 1966. 6 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →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
Full moon
Lunar 3/15
Last quarter
Lunar 3/23
New moon
Lunar leap 3/1
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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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 Water Rabbit · 癸卯— 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 Wood · Yǐ 乙 (primary)
- 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
- Gold-leaf Metal · 金箔金— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Metal.
- Day animal 生肖
- Rabbit · 兔— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Fire Rooster · 丁酉— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Well · 井— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.South palace (南) · Wild dog creature (犴) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- Day officer 建除
- Close · 闭— 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: South (正南)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against lawsuits, saying one’s case may be weaker than the opponent’s.癸不词讼理弱敌强The verse cautions against digging a well, saying the water may not be sweet.卯不穿井水泉不香Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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