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Chinese calendar, 9 August 1991
9 August 1991 is lunar month 6, day 29, 1991, the Metal Goat year. The day pillar is Yin Metal Pig. 4 named Yi activities; a general Ji restriction. 7 auspicious time windows; waning crescent.
Friday
August 1991
Lunar date
6th Month · 29th Day
一九九一年六月廿九
Year of the
Earth generates Metal in the Five Phases, so the Goat’s fixed element supports the year element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 29 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1991-08-09
The daily almanac & observances
辛亥 Yin Metal Pig
The stem gives Metal; the branch gives Pig.
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
- Build or install a stove作灶
- Bathe沐浴
- Plaster or decorate walls修饰垣墙
- Level or repair roads平治道涂
- No other activities recommended馀事勿取
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Nothing is considered suitable诸事不宜
Month 6 · 29 days
12 July 1991–9 August 1991. This is the final day of the month.
Follow the Moon through this month →Qixi
16 August 1991 · 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 1991 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 6/23
New moon
Lunar 7/1
First quarter
Lunar 7/8
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
- Yin Metal Pig · 辛亥— 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 Water · Rén 壬 (primary)
- Yang Wood · Jiǎ 甲 (middle)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yang Fire Monkey · 丙申— 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
- Hairpin and Bracelet Metal · 钗钏金— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Metal.
- Day animal 生肖
- Pig · 猪— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Wood Snake · 乙巳— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Neck · 亢— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.East palace (东) · Dragon creature (龙) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Balance · 平— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
- Auspicious directions 吉方
- Joy 喜神: Southwest (西南)
- Blessing 福神: Northwest (西北)
- Wealth 财神: East (正东)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against making sauce, saying the household may not taste it.辛不合酱主人不尝The verse cautions against marriage, saying it may disadvantage the groom.亥不嫁娶不利新郎Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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