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Chinese calendar, 23 February 1978
23 February 1978 is lunar month 1, day 17, 1978, the Earth Horse year. The day pillar is Yang Fire Dragon. 17 named Yi activities; 5 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; full moon.
Thursday
February 1978
Lunar date
1st Month · 17th Day
一九七八年正月十七
Year of the
Fire generates Earth in the Five Phases, so the Horse’s fixed element supports the year element.
Moon phase
09:27 · UTC+8
Daily almanac · 1978-02-23
The daily almanac & observances
丙辰 Yang Fire Dragon
The stem gives Fire; 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
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Coming-of-age ceremony冠笄
- Make a formal betrothal proposal纳采
- Travel出行
- Meet relatives and friends会亲友
- Raise the main roof beam上梁
- Install machinery安机械
- Set up a bed安床
- Raise livestock牧养
- Hunt畋猎
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
- Build or renovate修造
- Install a door安门
- Roof or build a house盖屋
- Lay a foundation起基
忌 Traditionally avoid
Medical care should follow clinical need; do not postpone treatment because of an almanac entry.
Month 1 · 30 days
7 February 1978–8 March 1978. 13 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Qingming Festival
5 April 1978 · 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
February 1978 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 12/24
New moon
Lunar 1/1
First quarter
Lunar 1/9
Full moon
Lunar 1/17
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
- Yang Fire Dragon · 丙辰— 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
- Yang Wood Tiger · 甲寅— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Earth Horse · 戊午— Fire generates Earth; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Sand Earth · 沙中土— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Earth.
- Day animal 生肖
- Dragon · 龙— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Metal Dog · 庚戌— 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
- Full · 满— 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: Southwest (西南)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against repairing a stove, saying misfortune may follow.丙不修灶必见灾殃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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23 February 1978 corresponds to lunar year 1978, month 1, day 17, in the 戊午 year — the Year of the Horse. You can enter another date in the date converter.
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