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Chinese calendar, 9 April 1975
9 April 1975 is lunar month 2, day 28, 1975, the Wood Rabbit year. The day pillar is Yin Wood Rooster. 18 named Yi activities; 4 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waning crescent.
Wednesday
April 1975
Lunar date
2nd Month · 28th Day
一九七五年二月廿八
Year of the
Wood is both the year element and the Rabbit’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Wood.
Moon phase
Lunar day 28 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1975-04-09
The daily almanac & observances
乙酉 Yin Wood Rooster
The stem gives Wood; 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
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
- Pray for children求嗣
- Daoist fasting and offering rites斋醮
- Make a formal betrothal proposal纳采
- Formalize a betrothal agreement订盟
- Seek medical care求医
- Treat an illness治病
- Lay a foundation起基
- Set foundation stones定磉
- Build a boat造船
- Fish取渔
- Ritual cleansing or removal解除
- Burial安葬
- Reopen a grave for reburial启钻
- Thanksgiving rite after building谢土
- Place the deceased in a coffin入殓
忌 Traditionally avoid
Medical care should follow clinical need; do not postpone treatment because of an almanac entry.
Month 2 · 30 days
13 March 1975–11 April 1975. 2 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Dragon Boat Festival
14 June 1975 · 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
April 1975 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 2/22
New moon
Lunar 3/1
First quarter
Lunar 3/8
Full moon
Lunar 3/15
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 Wood Rooster · 乙酉— 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 Metal Dragon · 庚辰— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yin Wood Rabbit · 乙卯— Wood reinforces Wood; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Spring Water · 泉中水— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Water.
- Day animal 生肖
- Rooster · 鸡— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Earth Rabbit · 己卯— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Chariot · 轸— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.South palace (南) · Earthworm creature (蚓) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- Day officer 建除
- Hold · 执— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
- Auspicious directions 吉方
- Joy 喜神: Northwest (西北)
- Blessing 福神: Southwest (西南)
- Wealth 财神: Northeast (东北)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against planting, saying even many plants may not grow.乙不栽植千株不长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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