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Chinese calendar, 3 April 1970
3 April 1970 is lunar month 2, day 27, 1970, the Metal Dog year. The day pillar is Yin Water Ox. 20 named Yi activities; 4 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waning crescent.
Friday
April 1970
Lunar date
2nd Month · 27th Day
一九七〇年二月廿七
Year of the
Earth generates Metal in the Five Phases, so the Dog’s fixed element supports the year element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 27 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1970-04-03
The daily almanac & observances
癸丑 Yin Water Ox
The stem gives Water; the branch gives Ox.
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
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Pray for children求嗣
- Travel出行
- Ritual cleansing or removal解除
- Fell timber伐木
- Roof or build a house盖屋
- Lay a foundation起基
- Build or renovate修造
- Erect construction scaffolding架马
- Install a door安门
- Move residence移徙
- Move into a new home入宅
- Build a temple造庙
- End the mourning-clothes period除服
- Begin wearing mourning clothes成服
- Move a coffin移柩
- Thanksgiving rite after building谢土
- Acquire livestock纳畜
- Raise livestock牧养
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 2 · 29 days
8 March 1970–5 April 1970. 2 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Qingming Festival
5 April 1970 · 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
April 1970 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 3/1
First quarter
Lunar 3/8
Full moon
Lunar 3/17
Last quarter
Lunar 3/24
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 Ox · 癸丑— 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 · Jǐ 己 (primary)
- Yin Water · Guǐ 癸 (middle)
- Yin Metal · Xīn 辛 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Earth Rabbit · 己卯— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Metal Dog · 庚戌— Earth generates Metal; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Mulberry Wood · 桑柘木— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Wood.
- Day animal 生肖
- Ox · 牛— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Fire Goat · 丁未— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Bond · 娄— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.West palace (西) · Dog creature (狗) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- Day officer 建除
- Open · 开— 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 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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