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Chinese calendar, 31 March 1974
31 March 1974 is lunar month 3, day 8, 1974, the Wood Tiger year. The day pillar is Yin Metal Goat. 23 named Yi activities; 2 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; first quarter.
Sunday
March 1974
Lunar date
3rd Month · 8th Day
一九七四年三月初八
Year of the
Wood is both the year element and the Tiger’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Wood.
Moon phase
09:44 · UTC+8
Daily almanac · 1974-03-31
The daily almanac & observances
辛未 Yin Metal Goat
The stem gives Metal; 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
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Make a formal betrothal proposal纳采
- Cut or make clothes裁衣
- Prepare wedding bed curtains合帐
- Set up a bed安床
- Move into a new home入宅
- Install an incense altar安香
- Place the deceased in a coffin入殓
- Move a coffin移柩
- Burial安葬
- Thanksgiving rite after building谢土
- Build or renovate修造
- Install a mortar or mill安碓磑
- Pray for children求嗣
- Meet relatives and friends会亲友
- Hang a signboard or plaque挂匾
- Trade交易
- Sign a contract立券
- Receive funds纳财
- Build a storehouse造仓
- Release or drain water放水
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 3 · 29 days
24 March 1974–21 April 1974. 21 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Qingming Festival
5 April 1974 · 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
March 1974 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 2/9
Full moon
Lunar 2/15
Last quarter
Lunar 2/23
New moon
Lunar 3/1
First quarter
Lunar 3/8
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 Metal Goat · 辛未— 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
- Yin Fire Rabbit · 丁卯— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Wood Tiger · 甲寅— Wood reinforces Wood; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Roadside Earth · 路旁土— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Earth.
- Day animal 生肖
- Goat · 羊— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Wood Ox · 乙丑— 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
- Settle · 定— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
- Auspicious directions 吉方
- Joy 喜神: Southwest (西南)
- Blessing 福神: Northwest (西北)
- Wealth 财神: East (正东)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against making sauce, saying the household may not taste it.辛不合酱主人不尝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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