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Chinese calendar, 24 March 1977
24 March 1977 is lunar month 2, day 5, 1977, the Fire Snake year. The day pillar is Yang Metal Dragon. 1 named Yi activities; 4 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waxing crescent.
Thursday
March 1977
Lunar date
2nd Month · 5th Day
一九七七年二月初五
Year of the
Fire is both the year element and the Snake’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Fire.
Moon phase
Lunar day 5 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1977-03-24
The daily almanac & observances
庚辰 Yang Metal Dragon
The stem gives Metal; the branch gives Dragon.
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
- Seal openings塞穴
- Nothing is considered suitable诸事不宜
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 2 · 29 days
20 March 1977–17 April 1977. 24 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Qingming Festival
5 April 1977 · 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 1977 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 1/17
Last quarter
Lunar 1/23
New moon
Lunar 2/1
First quarter
Lunar 2/9
Calculated phase moments use fixed UTC+8. A lunar day number and a Moon phase describe different things. How they fit together →
The surrounding month
Explore the days around 24 March 1977
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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 Metal Dragon · 庚辰— 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 Wood · Yǐ 乙 (middle)
- Yin Water · Guǐ 癸 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Water Rabbit · 癸卯— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yin Fire Snake · 丁巳— Fire reinforces Fire; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- White Wax Metal · 白蜡金— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Metal.
- Day animal 生肖
- Dragon · 龙— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Wood Dog · 甲戌— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Legs · 奎— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.West palace (西) · Wolf creature (狼) · 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: Northwest (西北)
- Blessing 福神: Southwest (西南)
- Wealth 财神: East (正东)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against setting warp and weft, saying the loom may stand empty.庚不经络织机虚张The verse cautions against weeping, saying another bereavement may follow.辰不哭泣必主重丧Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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