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Chinese calendar, 5 April 1990

5 April 1990 is lunar month 3, day 10, 1990, the Metal Horse year. The day pillar is Yang Metal Rat. 0 named Yi activities; a general Ji restriction. 6 auspicious time windows; waxing gibbous.

Solar term

Qīngmíng · Pure Brightness

Since 5 April 1990

5

Thursday

April 1990

Lunar date

3rd Month · 10th Day

一九九〇初十

Year of the

Metal Horse

Yang Metal Horse · 庚午

Fire restrains Metal in the Five Phases, so the Horse’s fixed element is understood as moderating the year element.

Solar term

Qīngmíng · Pure Brightness

since 5 April 1990

Moon phase

Waxing gibbous

Lunar day 10 · between principal phases

Daily almanac · 1990-04-05

The daily almanac & observances

5 April 1990
Traditional day classification

Inauspicious · Hei Dao

Heavenly Prison 天牢 · 黑道

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

Traditionally suitable

  • None listed

Traditionally avoid

  • Nothing is considered suitable诸事不宜
Inside this lunar month

Month 3 · 29 days

27 March 199024 April 1990. 19 days remain after this date.

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Festival & customs on this date

Qingming Festival · 清明节

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

April 1990 moon phases

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  1. First quarter

    Lunar 3/7

  2. Full moon

    Lunar 3/15

  3. Last quarter

    Lunar 3/23

  4. New moon

    Lunar 4/1

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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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 Rat · 庚子— 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 Water · Guǐ (primary)
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 Horse · 庚午Fire controls Metal; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
Day Na Yin 纳音
Wall Earth · 壁上土— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Earth.
Day animal 生肖
Rat · — the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
Opposes 冲
Yang Wood Horse · 甲午— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
Lunar mansion 宿
Legs · — this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.West palace (西) · Wolf creature () · traditionally unfavourable ()
Day officer 建除
Complete · — 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)
Three traditional direction markers determined by this date’s heavenly stem.
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 divination, saying it may invite trouble.子不问卜自惹祸殃Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.

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