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Chinese calendar, 30 March 1993
30 March 1993 is lunar month 3, day 8, 1993, the Water Rooster year. The day pillar is Yang Metal Dog. 9 named Yi activities; 5 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waxing crescent.
Tuesday
March 1993
Lunar date
3rd Month · 8th Day
一九九三年三月初八
Year of the
Metal generates Water in the Five Phases, so the Rooster’s fixed element supports the year element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 8 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1993-03-30
The daily almanac & observances
庚戌 Yang Metal Dog
The stem gives Metal; the branch gives Dog.
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 3 · 30 days
23 March 1993–21 April 1993. 22 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Qingming Festival
5 April 1993 · In China, Qingming is commonly marked by tending graves and honouring ancestors, while spring outings form another long-standing strand of the day.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
March 1993 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 2/9
Full moon
Lunar 2/16
Last quarter
Lunar 2/23
New moon
Lunar 3/1
First quarter
Lunar 3/9
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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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 Dog · 庚戌— 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 Earth · Wù 戊 (primary)
- Yin Metal · Xīn 辛 (middle)
- Yin Fire · Dīng 丁 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Wood Rabbit · 乙卯— 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
- Hairpin and Bracelet Metal · 钗钏金— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Metal.
- Day animal 生肖
- Dog · 狗— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Wood Dragon · 甲辰— 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
- Danger · 危— 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 eating dog meat, saying strange disturbances may reach the bed.戌不吃犬作怪上床Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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