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Chinese calendar, 28 August 1990
28 August 1990 is lunar month 7, day 9, 1990, the Metal Horse year. The day pillar is Yin Wood Ox. 8 named Yi activities; 4 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; first quarter.
Tuesday
August 1990
Lunar date
7th Month · 9th Day
一九九〇年七月初九
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
15:34 · UTC+8
Daily almanac · 1990-08-28
The daily almanac & observances
乙丑 Yin Wood Ox
The stem gives Wood; the branch gives Ox.
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
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 7 · 30 days
20 August 1990–18 September 1990. 21 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Ghost Festival
3 September 1990 · In Hong Kong's Cheung Chau Yu Lan tradition, communities offer food to wandering ghosts and perform rites including burning a Ghost Master effigy; other Yu Lan traditions use different sequences.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
August 1990 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 6/16
Last quarter
Lunar 6/23
New moon
Lunar 7/1
First quarter
Lunar 7/9
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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Explore the days around 28 August 1990
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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
- Yin Wood Ox · 乙丑— 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 Water · Guǐ 癸 (middle)
- Yin Metal · Xīn 辛 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yang Wood Monkey · 甲申— 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
- Sea Metal · 海中金— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Metal.
- Day animal 生肖
- Ox · 牛— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Earth Goat · 己未— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Turtle Beak · 觜— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.West palace (西) · Monkey creature (猴) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Hold · 执— 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: Northeast (东北)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against planting, saying even many plants may not grow.乙不栽植千株不长The verse cautions against ceremonial dress, saying the wearer may not return home.丑不冠带主不还乡Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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