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Chinese calendar, 18 August 1995
18 August 1995 is lunar month 7, day 23, 1995, the Wood Pig year. The day pillar is Yin Metal Snake. 14 named Yi activities; 5 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; last quarter.
Friday
August 1995
Lunar date
7th Month · 23rd Day
一九九五年七月廿三
Year of the
Water generates Wood in the Five Phases, so the Pig’s fixed element supports the year element.
Moon phase
11:04 · UTC+8
Daily almanac · 1995-08-18
The daily almanac & observances
辛巳 Yin Metal Snake
The stem gives Metal; 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
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Formalize a betrothal agreement订盟
- Make a formal betrothal proposal纳采
- Build or install a stove作灶
- Coming-of-age ceremony冠笄
- Cut or make clothes裁衣
- Meet relatives and friends会亲友
- Acquire livestock纳畜
- Raise livestock牧养
- Install machinery安机械
- Open a business or market开市
- Sign a contract立券
- Receive funds纳财
- Set up a bed安床
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Dig a well掘井
- Travel出行
- Begin burial excavation破土
- Hold funeral rites行丧
- Burial安葬
Month 7 · 30 days
27 July 1995–25 August 1995. 7 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Mid-Autumn Festival
9 September 1995 · Among Chinese communities in Singapore, families may share mooncakes, pomelo and tea while children carry lanterns, with household practices varying.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
August 1995 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 7/9
Full moon
Lunar 7/16
Last quarter
Lunar 7/23
New moon
Lunar 8/1
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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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 Metal Snake · 辛巳— 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
- Yang Wood Monkey · 甲申— 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
- White Wax Metal · 白蜡金— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Metal.
- Day animal 生肖
- Snake · 蛇— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Wood Pig · 乙亥— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Bond · 娄— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.West palace (西) · Dog creature (狗) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- Day officer 建除
- Receive · 收— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
- Auspicious directions 吉方
- Joy 喜神: Southwest (西南)
- Blessing 福神: Northwest (西北)
- Wealth 财神: East (正东)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against making sauce, saying the household may not taste it.辛不合酱主人不尝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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