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Chinese calendar, 1 August 1999

1 August 1999 is lunar month 6, day 20, 1999, the Earth Rabbit year. The day pillar is Yin Wood Rooster. 12 named Yi activities; 8 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waning gibbous.

Solar term

Dàshǔ · Major Heat

Since 23 July 1999

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Sunday

August 1999

Lunar date

6th Month · 20th Day

一九九九二十

Year of the

Earth Rabbit

Yin Earth Rabbit · 己卯

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

Solar term

Dàshǔ · Major Heat

since 23 July 1999

Moon phase

Waning gibbous

Lunar day 20 · between principal phases

Daily almanac · 1999-08-01

The daily almanac & observances

1 August 1999
Traditional day classification

Inauspicious · Hei Dao

Gou Chen 勾陈 · 黑道

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 6 · 29 days

13 July 199910 August 1999. 9 days remain after this date.

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Next festival & customs

Qixi

17 August 1999 · Across documented Chinese traditions, women and girls have set out seasonal fruit and held needlework or other skill contests, though forms differ sharply by region and many have faded.

The Moon this month · UTC+8

August 1999 moon phases

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  1. Last quarter

    Lunar 6/24

  2. New moon

    Lunar 7/1

  3. First quarter

    Lunar 7/9

  4. Full moon

    Lunar 7/17

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 July 1999
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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 Wood Rooster · 乙酉— 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 Metal Goat · 辛未— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
Year pillar 年柱
Yin Earth Rabbit · 己卯Wood controls Earth; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
Day Na Yin 纳音
Spring Water · 泉中水— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Water.
Day animal 生肖
Rooster · — the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
Opposes 冲
Yin Earth Rabbit · 己卯— 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
Full · — determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
Auspicious directions 吉方
  • Joy 喜神: Northwest (西北)
  • Blessing 福神: Southwest (西南)
  • 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 planting, saying even many plants may not grow.乙不栽植千株不长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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