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Chinese calendar, 23 September 1973
23 September 1973 is lunar month 8, day 27, 1973, the Water Ox year. The day pillar is Yang Water Dog. 16 named Yi activities; 4 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waning crescent.
Sunday
September 1973
Lunar date
8th Month · 27th Day
一九七三年八月廿七
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 27 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1973-09-23
The daily almanac & observances
壬戌 Yang Water Dog
The stem gives Water; the branch gives Dog.
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
- Travel出行
- Ritual cleansing or removal解除
- Make a formal betrothal proposal纳采
- Coming-of-age ceremony冠笄
- Carve or engrave雕刻
- Build or renovate修造
- Begin construction earthworks动土
- Lay a foundation起基
- Raise the main roof beam上梁
- Join the roof ridge合脊
- Set up a bed安床
- Move residence移徙
- Move into a new home入宅
- Open a business or market开市
- Plant crops栽种
- Dig or open a latrine开厕
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Build a temple造庙
- Install a door安门
- Hold funeral rites行丧
- Burial安葬
Month 8 · 29 days
28 August 1973–25 September 1973. 2 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Double Ninth Festival
4 October 1973 · In Hong Kong, families may visit ancestral graves or hike and picnic in the hills on Chung Yeung, while observance varies across communities.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
September 1973 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 8/8
Full moon
Lunar 8/16
Last quarter
Lunar 8/24
New moon
Lunar 9/1
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 Water Dog · 壬戌— 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 Earth · Wù 戊 (primary)
- Yin Metal · Xīn 辛 (middle)
- Yin Fire · Dīng 丁 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Metal Rooster · 辛酉— 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
- Great Sea Water · 大海水— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Water.
- Day animal 生肖
- Dog · 狗— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Fire Dragon · 丙辰— 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
- Remove · 除— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
- Auspicious directions 吉方
- Joy 喜神: South (正南)
- Blessing 福神: Southeast (东南)
- Wealth 财神: South (正南)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against drawing water, saying trouble may be hard to guard against.壬不泱水更难提防The verse cautions against eating dog meat, saying strange disturbances may reach the bed.戌不吃犬作怪上床Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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