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Chinese calendar, 2 February 1993
2 February 1993 is lunar month 1, day 11, 1993, the Water Rooster year. The day pillar is Yang Wood Tiger. 26 named Yi activities; 7 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waxing gibbous.
Tuesday
February 1993
Lunar date
1st Month · 11th Day
一九九三年正月十一
Year of the
Metal generates Water in the Five Phases, so the Rooster’s fixed element supports the year element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 11 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1993-02-02
The daily almanac & observances
甲寅 Yang Wood Tiger
The stem gives Wood; the branch gives Tiger.
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
- Make a formal betrothal proposal纳采
- Formalize a betrothal agreement订盟
- Move residence移徙
- Receive funds纳财
- Open a business or market开市
- Trade交易
- Sign a contract立券
- Move into a new home入宅
- Meet relatives and friends会亲友
- Ritual cleansing or removal解除
- Seek medical care求医
- Treat an illness治病
- Begin school入学
- Set up a bed安床
- Install a door安门
- Install an incense altar安香
- Move a sacred altar or flame出火
- Dismantle a structure拆卸
- Clean the house扫舍
- Hang a signboard or plaque挂匾
- Prepare a grave in advance开生坟
- Make a coffin合寿木
- Begin burial excavation破土
- Repair a grave修坟
- Reopen a grave for reburial启钻
- Place the deceased in a coffin入殓
忌 Traditionally avoid
Medical care should follow clinical need; do not postpone treatment because of an almanac entry.
Month 1 · 29 days
23 January 1993–20 February 1993. 18 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Lantern Festival
6 February 1993 · In Shanghai and many other Chinese communities, people may view lantern displays, solve lantern riddles and eat yuanxiao or tangyuan, with recipes and events varying by place.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
February 1993 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 1/16
Last quarter
Lunar 1/22
New moon
Lunar 2/1
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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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 Wood Tiger · 甲寅— 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 Wood · Jiǎ 甲 (primary)
- Yang Fire · Bǐng 丙 (middle)
- Yang Earth · Wù 戊 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Water Ox · 癸丑— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yin Water Rooster · 癸酉— Metal generates Water; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Great Stream Water · 大溪水— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Water.
- Day animal 生肖
- Tiger · 虎— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Earth Monkey · 戊申— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Encampment · 室— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace (北) · Pig creature (猪) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- Day officer 建除
- Remove · 除— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
- Auspicious directions 吉方
- Joy 喜神: Northeast (东北)
- Blessing 福神: North (正北)
- Wealth 财神: Northeast (东北)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against opening a storehouse, saying possessions may be lost.甲不开仓财物耗散The verse cautions against ritual offerings, saying spirits may not receive them.寅不祭祀神鬼不尝Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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