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Chinese calendar, 15 August 1988
15 August 1988 is lunar month 7, day 4, 1988, the Earth Dragon year. The day pillar is Yang Water Tiger. 4 named Yi activities; a general Ji restriction. 7 auspicious time windows; waxing crescent.
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August 1988
Lunar date
7th Month · 4th Day
一九八八年七月初四
Year of the
Earth is both the year element and the Dragon’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Earth.
Moon phase
Lunar day 4 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1988-08-15
The daily almanac & observances
壬寅 Yang Water Tiger
The stem gives Water; the branch gives Tiger.
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
- Bathe沐浴
- Treat an illness治病
- Demolish a building破屋
- Demolish a wall坏垣
- No other activities recommended馀事勿取
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Nothing is considered suitable诸事不宜
Medical care should follow clinical need; do not postpone treatment because of an almanac entry.
Month 7 · 30 days
12 August 1988–10 September 1988. 26 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Qixi
18 August 1988 · 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
August 1988 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 6/23
New moon
Lunar 7/1
First quarter
Lunar 7/9
Full moon
Lunar 7/16
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 Water Tiger · 壬寅— 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 Wood · Jiǎ 甲 (primary)
- Yang Fire · Bǐng 丙 (middle)
- Yang Earth · Wù 戊 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yang Metal Monkey · 庚申— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Earth Dragon · 戊辰— Earth reinforces Earth; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Gold-leaf Metal · 金箔金— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Metal.
- Day animal 生肖
- Tiger · 虎— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Fire Monkey · 丙申— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Heart · 心— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.East palace (东) · Fox creature (狐) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Break · 破— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
- Auspicious directions 吉方
- Joy 喜神: South (正南)
- Blessing 福神: Southeast (东南)
- Wealth 财神: South (正南)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against drawing water, saying trouble may be hard to guard against.壬不泱水更难提防The verse cautions against ritual offerings, saying spirits may not receive them.寅不祭祀神鬼不尝Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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