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Chinese calendar, 16 August 1994

16 August 1994 is lunar month 7, day 10, 1994, the Wood Dog year. The day pillar is Yang Wood Dog. 11 named Yi activities; 10 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waxing gibbous.

Solar term

Lìqiū · Beginning of Autumn

Since 8 August 1994

16

Tuesday

August 1994

Lunar date

7th Month · 10th Day

一九九四初十

Year of the

Wood Dog

Yang Wood Dog · 甲戌

Wood restrains Earth in the Five Phases, so the year element is understood as moderating the Dog’s fixed element.

Solar term

Lìqiū · Beginning of Autumn

since 8 August 1994

Moon phase

Waxing gibbous

Lunar day 10 · between principal phases

Daily almanac · 1994-08-16

The daily almanac & observances

16 August 1994
Traditional day classification

Auspicious · Huang Dao

Controller of Destiny 司命 · 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 7 · 30 days

7 August 19945 September 1994. 20 days remain after this date.

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Next festival & customs

Ghost Festival

21 August 1994 · In Hong Kong's Cheung Chau Yu Lan tradition, communities offer food to wandering ghosts and perform rites including burning a Ghost Master effigy; other Yu Lan traditions use different sequences.

The Moon this month · UTC+8

August 1994 moon phases

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  1. New moon

    Lunar 7/1

  2. First quarter

    Lunar 7/8

  3. Full moon

    Lunar 7/15

  4. Last quarter

    Lunar 7/23

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 August 1994
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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 Wood Dog · 甲戌— 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 · (primary)
  • Yin Metal · Xīn (middle)
  • Yin Fire · Dīng (residual)
Month pillar 月柱
Yang Water Monkey · 壬申— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
Year pillar 年柱
Yang Wood Dog · 甲戌Wood controls Earth; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
Day Na Yin 纳音
Mountain-top Fire · 山头火— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Fire.
Day animal 生肖
Dog · — the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
Opposes 冲
Yang Earth Dragon · 戊辰— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
Lunar mansion 宿
Encampment · — this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace () · Pig creature () · traditionally favourable ()
Day officer 建除
Full · — 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)
Three traditional direction markers determined by this date’s heavenly stem.
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 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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