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Chinese calendar, 18 May 1974
18 May 1974 is lunar month 4, day 27, 1974, the Wood Tiger year. The day pillar is Yin Earth Goat. 5 named Yi activities; a general Ji restriction. 7 auspicious time windows; waning crescent.
Saturday
May 1974
Lunar date
4th Month · 27th Day
一九七四年四月廿七
Year of the
Wood is both the year element and the Tiger’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Wood.
Moon phase
Lunar day 27 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1974-05-18
The daily almanac & observances
己未 Yin Earth Goat
The stem gives Earth; 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
- Add a member to the household进人口
- Raise livestock牧养
- Acquire property置产
- Seal openings塞穴
- Make fishing nets结网
- No other activities recommended馀事勿取
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Nothing is considered suitable诸事不宜
Month 4 · 30 days
22 April 1974–21 May 1974. 3 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Dragon Boat Festival
24 June 1974 · 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
May 1974 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 4/15
Last quarter
Lunar 4/23
New moon
Lunar leap 4/1
First quarter
Lunar leap 4/7
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 Earth Goat · 己未— 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 Earth Snake · 己巳— 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
- Heavenly Fire · 天上火— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Fire.
- Day animal 生肖
- Goat · 羊— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Water Ox · 癸丑— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Girl · 女— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace (北) · Bat creature (蝠) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Full · 满— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
- Auspicious directions 吉方
- Joy 喜神: Northeast (东北)
- Blessing 福神: North (正北)
- Wealth 财神: North (正北)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against handling agreements, saying both parties may lose.己不破券二比并亡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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