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Chinese calendar, 4 July 1990
4 July 1990 is lunar leap month 5, day 12, 1990, the Metal Horse year. The day pillar is Yang Metal Horse. 3 named Yi activities; 4 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waxing gibbous.
Wednesday
July 1990
Lunar date
Leap 5th Month · 12th Day
一九九〇年闰五月十二
Year of the
Fire restrains Metal in the Five Phases, so the Horse’s fixed element is understood as moderating the year element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 12 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1990-07-04
The daily almanac & observances
庚午 Yang Metal Horse
The stem gives Metal; the branch gives Horse.
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
- Travel出行
- Train cattle or horses教牛马
- Harvest honey割蜜
- No other activities recommended馀事勿取
忌 Traditionally avoid
Leap month 5 · 29 days
23 June 1990–21 July 1990. 17 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Qixi
26 August 1990 · 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
July 1990 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar leap 5/16
Last quarter
Lunar leap 5/23
New moon
Lunar 6/1
First quarter
Lunar 6/8
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 Metal Horse · 庚午— 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 Fire · Dīng 丁 (primary)
- Yin Earth · Jǐ 己 (middle)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yang Water Horse · 壬午— 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
- Roadside Earth · 路旁土— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Earth.
- Day animal 生肖
- Horse · 马— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Wood Rat · 甲子— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Three Stars · 参— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.West palace (西) · Ape creature (猿) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- Day officer 建除
- Establish · 建— 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 roofing a house, saying its owner may have to make changes.午不苫盖屋主更张Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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