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Chinese calendar, 12 May 1993
12 May 1993 is lunar leap month 3, day 21, 1993, the Water Rooster year. The day pillar is Yin Water Snake. 4 named Yi activities; 6 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waning gibbous.
Wednesday
May 1993
Lunar date
Leap 3rd Month · 21st Day
一九九三年闰三月廿一
Year of the
Metal generates Water in the Five Phases, so the Rooster’s fixed element supports the year element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 21 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1993-05-12
The daily almanac & observances
癸巳 Yin Water Snake
The stem gives Water; the branch gives Snake.
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
- Seal openings塞穴
- Seal ant holes断蚁
- Make fishing nets结网
- Hunt畋猎
- No other activities recommended馀事勿取
忌 Traditionally avoid
Leap month 3 · 29 days
22 April 1993–20 May 1993. 8 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Dragon Boat Festival
24 June 1993 · 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
May 1993 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar leap 3/15
Last quarter
Lunar leap 3/22
New moon
Lunar 4/1
First quarter
Lunar 4/9
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
- Yin Water Snake · 癸巳— 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 Fire · Bǐng 丙 (primary)
- Yang Metal · Gēng 庚 (middle)
- Yang Earth · Wù 戊 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Fire Snake · 丁巳— 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
- Long-flowing Water · 长流水— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Water.
- Day animal 生肖
- Snake · 蛇— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Fire Pig · 丁亥— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Chariot · 轸— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.South palace (南) · Earthworm creature (蚓) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- Day officer 建除
- Establish · 建— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
- Auspicious directions 吉方
- Joy 喜神: Southeast (东南)
- Blessing 福神: Northeast (东北)
- Wealth 财神: South (正南)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against lawsuits, saying one’s case may be weaker than the opponent’s.癸不词讼理弱敌强The verse cautions against long travel, saying possessions may be hidden or lost.巳不远行财物伏藏Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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