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Chinese calendar, 11 June 1972
11 June 1972 is lunar month 5, day 1, 1972, the Water Rat year. The day pillar is Yin Water Rooster. 6 named Yi activities; 5 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; new moon.
Sunday
June 1972
Lunar date
5th Month · 1st Day
一九七二年五月初一
Year of the
Water is both the year element and the Rat’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Water.
Moon phase
19:30 · UTC+8
Daily almanac · 1972-06-11
The daily almanac & observances
癸酉 Yin Water Rooster
The stem gives Water; the branch gives Rooster.
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
- Bathe沐浴
- Cut hair理发
- Trim fingernails and toenails整手足甲
- Plaster or decorate walls修饰垣墙
- Level or repair roads平治道涂
- No other activities recommended馀事勿取
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Open a business or market开市
- Move into a new home入宅
- Travel出行
- Build or renovate修造
- Legal proceedings词讼
Month 5 · 30 days
11 June 1972–10 July 1972. 29 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Dragon Boat Festival
15 June 1972 · 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 1972 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 4/24
New moon
Lunar 5/1
First quarter
Lunar 5/8
Full moon
Lunar 5/17
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 Rooster · 癸酉— 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 Metal · Xīn 辛 (primary)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yang Fire Horse · 丙午— 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
- Sword-edge Metal · 剑锋金— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Metal.
- Day animal 生肖
- Rooster · 鸡— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Fire Rabbit · 丁卯— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Room · 房— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.East palace (东) · Rabbit creature (兔) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- Day officer 建除
- Balance · 平— 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 receiving guests, saying drunken disorder may follow.酉不会客醉坐颠狂Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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