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Chinese calendar, 2 April 1972
2 April 1972 is lunar month 2, day 19, 1972, the Water Rat year. The day pillar is Yin Water Pig. 21 named Yi activities; 4 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waning gibbous.
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April 1972
Lunar date
2nd Month · 19th Day
一九七二年二月十九
Year of the
Water is both the year element and the Rat’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Water.
Moon phase
Lunar day 19 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1972-04-02
The daily almanac & observances
癸亥 Yin Water Pig
The stem gives Water; the branch gives Pig.
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
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
- Sculpt or paint sacred images塑绘
- Formalize a betrothal agreement订盟
- Make a formal betrothal proposal纳采
- Prepare wedding bed curtains合帐
- Coming-of-age ceremony冠笄
- Dismantle a structure拆卸
- Begin construction earthworks动土
- Lay a foundation起基
- Raise the main roof beam上梁
- Move into a new home入宅
- Install an incense altar安香
- Open a business or market开市
- Sign a contract立券
- Receive funds纳财
- Bathe沐浴
- Pray for children求嗣
- Move a sacred altar or flame出火
- Erect pillars竖柱
- Install a door安门
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Build a temple造庙
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Fell timber伐木
- Burial安葬
Month 2 · 30 days
15 March 1972–13 April 1972. 11 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Qingming Festival
5 April 1972 · 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 1972 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 2/24
New moon
Lunar 3/1
First quarter
Lunar 3/7
Full moon
Lunar 3/15
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 Pig · 癸亥— 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.
- Yang Water · Rén 壬 (primary)
- Yang Wood · Jiǎ 甲 (middle)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Water Rabbit · 癸卯— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Water Rat · 壬子— Water reinforces Water; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Great Sea Water · 大海水— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Water.
- Day animal 生肖
- Pig · 猪— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Fire Snake · 丁巳— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Hairy Head · 昴— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.West palace (西) · Rooster creature (鸡) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Complete · 成— 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 marriage, saying it may disadvantage the groom.亥不嫁娶不利新郎Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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