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Chinese calendar, 15 March 1998

15 March 1998 is lunar month 2, day 17, 1998, the Earth Tiger year. The day pillar is Yin Metal Rooster. 2 named Yi activities; a general Ji restriction. 6 auspicious time windows; waning gibbous.

Solar term

Jīngzhé · Awakening of Insects

Since 6 March 1998

15

Sunday

March 1998

Lunar date

2nd Month · 17th Day

一九九八十七

Year of the

Earth Tiger

Yang Earth Tiger · 戊寅

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

Solar term

Jīngzhé · Awakening of Insects

since 6 March 1998

Moon phase

Waning gibbous

Lunar day 17 · between principal phases

Daily almanac · 1998-03-15

The daily almanac & observances

15 March 1998
Traditional day classification

Auspicious · Huang Dao

Jade Hall 玉堂 · 黄道

Huang Dao and Hei Dao name the day-god cycle. For a particular plan, read its Yi and Ji activities below.

Traditionally suitable

Traditionally avoid

  • Nothing is considered suitable诸事不宜
Inside this lunar month

Month 2 · 29 days

27 February 199827 March 1998. 12 days remain after this date.

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Next festival & customs

Qingming Festival

5 April 1998 · 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 1998 moon phases

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  1. First quarter

    Lunar 2/7

  2. Full moon

    Lunar 2/15

  3. Last quarter

    Lunar 2/23

  4. New moon

    Lunar 3/1

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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Gregorian dates and corresponding Chinese lunar month and day for March 1998
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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 Rooster · 辛酉— 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 Metal · Xīn (primary)
Month pillar 月柱
Yin Wood Rabbit · 乙卯— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
Year pillar 年柱
Yang Earth Tiger · 戊寅Wood controls Earth; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
Day Na Yin 纳音
Pomegranate Wood · 石榴木— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Wood.
Day animal 生肖
Rooster · — the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
Opposes 冲
Yin Wood Rabbit · 乙卯— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
Lunar mansion 宿
Room · — this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.East palace () · Rabbit creature () · traditionally favourable ()
Day officer 建除
Break · — 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)
Three traditional direction markers determined by this date’s heavenly stem.
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 receiving guests, saying drunken disorder may follow.酉不会客醉坐颠狂Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.

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