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Chinese calendar, 20 April 1991

20 April 1991 is lunar month 3, day 6, 1991, the Metal Goat year. The day pillar is Yang Metal Monkey. 7 named Yi activities; 5 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waxing crescent.

Solar term

Gǔyǔ · Grain Rain

Since 20 April 1991

20

Saturday

April 1991

Lunar date

3rd Month · 6th Day

一九九一初六

Year of the

Metal Goat

Yin Metal Goat · 辛未

Earth generates Metal in the Five Phases, so the Goat’s fixed element supports the year element.

Solar term

Gǔyǔ · Grain Rain

since 20 April 1991

Moon phase

Waxing crescent

Lunar day 6 · between principal phases

Daily almanac · 1991-04-20

The daily almanac & observances

20 April 1991
Traditional day classification

Auspicious · Huang Dao

Golden Coffer 金匮 · 黄道

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

Inside this lunar month

Month 3 · 29 days

15 April 199113 May 1991. 23 days remain after this date.

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Next festival & customs

Dragon Boat Festival

16 June 1991 · 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 1991 moon phases

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  1. Last quarter

    Lunar 2/23

  2. New moon

    Lunar 3/1

  3. First quarter

    Lunar 3/7

  4. Full moon

    Lunar 3/15

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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Gregorian dates and corresponding Chinese lunar month and day for April 1991
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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 Monkey · 庚申— 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 Metal · Gēng (primary)
  • Yang Water · Rén (middle)
  • Yang Earth · (residual)
Month pillar 月柱
Yang Water Dragon · 壬辰— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
Year pillar 年柱
Yin Metal Goat · 辛未Earth generates Metal; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
Day Na Yin 纳音
Pomegranate Wood · 石榴木— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Wood.
Day animal 生肖
Monkey · — the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
Opposes 冲
Yang Wood Tiger · 甲寅— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
Lunar mansion 宿
Root · — this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.East palace () · Raccoon dog creature () · traditionally unfavourable ()
Day officer 建除
Settle · — 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 positioning a bed, saying spirits may enter the room.申不安床鬼祟入房Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.

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