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Chinese calendar, 11 February 1973
11 February 1973 is lunar month 1, day 9, 1973, the Water Ox year. The day pillar is Yang Earth Tiger. 9 named Yi activities; 5 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waxing gibbous.
Sunday
February 1973
Lunar date
1st Month · 9th Day
一九七三年正月初九
Year of the
Earth restrains Water in the Five Phases, so the Ox’s fixed element is understood as moderating the year element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 9 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1973-02-11
The daily almanac & observances
戊寅 Yang Earth Tiger
The stem gives Earth; the branch gives Tiger.
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
Month 1 · 30 days
3 February 1973–4 March 1973. 21 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Lantern Festival
17 February 1973 · In Shanghai and many other Chinese communities, people may view lantern displays, solve lantern riddles and eat yuanxiao or tangyuan, with recipes and events varying by place.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
February 1973 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 1/1
First quarter
Lunar 1/8
Full moon
Lunar 1/15
Last quarter
Lunar 1/23
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
- Yang Earth Tiger · 戊寅— 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 Wood · Jiǎ 甲 (primary)
- Yang Fire · Bǐng 丙 (middle)
- Yang Earth · Wù 戊 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yang Wood Tiger · 甲寅— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yin Water Ox · 癸丑— Earth controls Water; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- City-wall Earth · 城头土— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Earth.
- Day animal 生肖
- Tiger · 虎— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Water Monkey · 壬申— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Star · 星— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.South palace (南) · Horse creature (马) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Establish · 建— 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: North (正北)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against accepting land, saying it may be inauspicious for the owner.戊不受田田主不祥The verse cautions against ritual offerings, saying spirits may not receive them.寅不祭祀神鬼不尝Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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