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Chinese calendar, 22 May 1995
22 May 1995 is lunar month 4, day 23, 1995, the Wood Pig year. The day pillar is Yin Water Ox. 26 named Yi activities; 4 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waning crescent.
Monday
May 1995
Lunar date
4th Month · 23rd Day
一九九五年四月廿三
Year of the
Water generates Wood in the Five Phases, so the Pig’s fixed element supports the year element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 23 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1995-05-22
The daily almanac & observances
癸丑 Yin Water Ox
The stem gives Water; the branch gives Ox.
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
- Open a business or market开市
- Trade交易
- Sign a contract立券
- Install machinery安机械
- Meet relatives and friends会亲友
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
- Seek medical care求医
- Treat an illness治病
- Roof or build a house盖屋
- Lay a foundation起基
- Build or renovate修造
- Begin construction earthworks动土
- Set foundation stones定磉
- Erect pillars竖柱
- Raise the main roof beam上梁
- Install a door安门
- Build or install a stove作灶
- Release or drain water放水
- Dig or open a latrine开厕
- Dig a pond开池
- Plant crops栽种
- Raise livestock牧养
- Build a livestock enclosure造畜稠
- Begin burial excavation破土
- Burial安葬
- Erect a memorial stone立碑
忌 Traditionally avoid
Medical care should follow clinical need; do not postpone treatment because of an almanac entry.
Month 4 · 29 days
30 April 1995–28 May 1995. 6 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Dragon Boat Festival
2 June 1995 · 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 1995 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 4/9
Full moon
Lunar 4/16
Last quarter
Lunar 4/22
New moon
Lunar 5/1
Calculated phase moments use fixed UTC+8. A lunar day number and a Moon phase describe different things. How they fit together →
The surrounding month
Explore the days around 22 May 1995
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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 Ox · 癸丑— 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.
- Yin Earth · Jǐ 己 (primary)
- Yin Water · Guǐ 癸 (middle)
- Yin Metal · Xīn 辛 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Metal Snake · 辛巳— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yin Wood Pig · 乙亥— Water generates Wood; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Mulberry Wood · 桑柘木— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Wood.
- Day animal 生肖
- Ox · 牛— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Fire Goat · 丁未— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Rooftop · 危— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace (北) · Swallow creature (燕) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Complete · 成— 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 ceremonial dress, saying the wearer may not return home.丑不冠带主不还乡Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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