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Chinese calendar, 6 June 1976

6 June 1976 is lunar month 5, day 9, 1976, the Fire Dragon year. The day pillar is Yin Earth Ox. 13 named Yi activities; 4 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waxing gibbous.

Solar term

Mángzhòng · Grain in Ear

Since 5 June 1976

6

Sunday

June 1976

Lunar date

5th Month · 9th Day

一九七六初九

Year of the

Fire Dragon

Yang Fire Dragon · 丙辰

Fire generates Earth in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Dragon’s fixed element.

Solar term

Mángzhòng · Grain in Ear

since 5 June 1976

Moon phase

Waxing gibbous

Lunar day 9 · between principal phases

Daily almanac · 1976-06-06

The daily almanac & observances

6 June 1976
Traditional day classification

Auspicious · Huang Dao

Heavenly Virtue 天德 · 黄道

Huang Dao and Hei Dao name the day-god cycle. For a particular plan, read its Yi and Ji activities below.

Medical care should follow clinical need; do not postpone treatment because of an almanac entry.

Inside this lunar month

Month 5 · 29 days

29 May 197626 June 1976. 20 days remain after this date.

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Next festival & customs

Qixi

2 August 1976 · Across documented Chinese traditions, women and girls have set out seasonal fruit and held needlework or other skill contests, though forms differ sharply by region and many have faded.

The Moon this month · UTC+8

June 1976 moon phases

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  1. First quarter

    Lunar 5/8

  2. Full moon

    Lunar 5/15

  3. Last quarter

    Lunar 5/22

  4. New moon

    Lunar 6/1

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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Gregorian dates and corresponding Chinese lunar month and day for June 1976
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This day in the traditional cycles

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Day pillar 日柱
Yin Earth Ox · 己丑— 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 · (primary)
  • Yin Water · Guǐ (middle)
  • Yin Metal · Xīn (residual)
Month pillar 月柱
Yang Wood Horse · 甲午— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
Year pillar 年柱
Yang Fire Dragon · 丙辰Fire generates Earth; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
Day Na Yin 纳音
Thunderbolt Fire · 霹雳火— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Fire.
Day animal 生肖
Ox · — the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
Opposes 冲
Yin Water Goat · 癸未— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
Lunar mansion 宿
Room · — this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.East palace () · Rabbit creature () · traditionally favourable ()
Day officer 建除
Danger · — 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)
Three traditional direction markers determined by this date’s heavenly stem.
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 ceremonial dress, saying the wearer may not return home.丑不冠带主不还乡Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.

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