Daily calendar conversion
Chinese calendar, 8 June 1970
8 June 1970 is lunar month 5, day 5, 1970, the Metal Dog year. The day pillar is Yin Earth Goat. 25 named Yi activities; 6 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waxing crescent.
Monday
June 1970
Lunar date
5th Month · 5th Day
一九七〇年五月初五
Year of the
Earth generates Metal in the Five Phases, so the Dog’s fixed element supports the year element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 5 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1970-06-08
The daily almanac & observances
己未 Yin Earth Goat
The stem gives Earth; the branch gives Goat.
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
- Make a formal betrothal proposal纳采
- Formalize a betrothal agreement订盟
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Open a business or market开市
- Receive funds纳财
- Sign a contract立券
- Move residence移徙
- Travel出行
- Build or renovate修造
- Begin construction earthworks动土
- Lay a foundation起基
- Set foundation stones定磉
- Erect pillars竖柱
- Dismantle a structure拆卸
- Clean the house扫舍
- Release or drain water放水
- Install an incense altar安香
- Set up a bed安床
- Build a boat造船
- Dig a pond开池
- Dig a well掘井
- Build a livestock enclosure造畜稠
- Plant crops栽种
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 5 · 29 days
4 June 1970–2 July 1970. 24 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Dragon Boat Festival · 端午节
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 1970 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 5/1
First quarter
Lunar 5/9
Full moon
Lunar 5/16
Last quarter
Lunar 5/23
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 Earth Goat · 己未— 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 Fire · Dīng 丁 (middle)
- Yin Wood · Yǐ 乙 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yang Water Horse · 壬午— 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
- Heavenly Fire · 天上火— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Fire.
- Day animal 生肖
- Goat · 羊— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Water Ox · 癸丑— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Extended Net · 张— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.South palace (南) · Deer creature (鹿) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- Day officer 建除
- Remove · 除— 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: North (正北)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against handling agreements, saying both parties may lose.己不破券二比并亡The verse cautions against taking medicine, saying harm may enter the body.未不服药毒气入肠Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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