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Chinese calendar, 16 April 1980
16 April 1980 is lunar month 3, day 2, 1980, the Metal Monkey year. The day pillar is Yin Earth Goat. 6 named Yi activities; 3 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waxing crescent.
Wednesday
April 1980
Lunar date
3rd Month · 2nd Day
一九八〇年三月初二
Year of the
Metal is both the year element and the Monkey’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Metal.
Moon phase
Lunar day 2 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1980-04-16
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
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Build or install a stove作灶
- Hunt畋猎
- Make fishing nets结网
- Plaster or decorate walls修饰垣墙
- Level or repair roads平治道涂
- No other activities recommended馀事勿取
忌 Traditionally avoid
Medical care should follow clinical need; do not postpone treatment because of an almanac entry.
Month 3 · 29 days
15 April 1980–13 May 1980. 27 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Dragon Boat Festival
17 June 1980 · 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 1980 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 2/23
New moon
Lunar 3/1
First quarter
Lunar 3/8
Full moon
Lunar 3/16
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
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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
- Yang Metal Dragon · 庚辰— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Metal Monkey · 庚申— Metal reinforces Metal; 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
- Wall · 壁— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace (北) · Yu beast creature (獝) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- Day officer 建除
- Balance · 平— 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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