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Chinese calendar, 23 February 2001
23 February 2001 is lunar month 2, day 1, 2001, the Metal Snake year. The day pillar is Yin Fire Snake. 3 named Yi activities; a general Ji restriction. 7 auspicious time windows; new moon.
Friday
February 2001
Lunar date
2nd Month · 1st Day
二〇〇一年二月初一
Year of the
Fire restrains Metal in the Five Phases, so the Snake’s fixed element is understood as moderating the year element.
Moon phase
16:21 · UTC+8
Daily almanac · 2001-02-23
The daily almanac & observances
丁巳 Yin Fire Snake
The stem gives Fire; 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
- Plaster or decorate walls修饰垣墙
- Level or repair roads平治道涂
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- No other activities recommended馀事勿取
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Nothing is considered suitable诸事不宜
Month 2 · 30 days
23 February 2001–24 March 2001. 29 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Qingming Festival
5 April 2001 · 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
February 2001 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 1/9
Full moon
Lunar 1/16
Last quarter
Lunar 1/23
New moon
Lunar 2/1
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 23 February 2001
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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 Fire Snake · 丁巳— 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 Metal Tiger · 庚寅— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yin Metal Snake · 辛巳— Fire controls Metal; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Sand Earth · 沙中土— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Earth.
- Day animal 生肖
- Snake · 蛇— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Metal Pig · 辛亥— 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
- Balance · 平— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
- Auspicious directions 吉方
- Joy 喜神: South (正南)
- Blessing 福神: Southeast (东南)
- Wealth 财神: Southwest (西南)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against cutting hair, saying sores may appear.丁不剃头头必生疮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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