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Chinese calendar, 22 June 2001
22 June 2001 is lunar month 5, day 2, 2001, the Metal Snake year. The day pillar is Yang Fire Dragon. 2 named Yi activities; a general Ji restriction. 6 auspicious time windows; waxing crescent.
Friday
June 2001
Lunar date
5th Month · 2nd Day
二〇〇一年五月初二
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
Lunar day 2 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 2001-06-22
The daily almanac & observances
丙辰 Yang Fire Dragon
The stem gives Fire; the branch gives Dragon.
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
- Ritual cleansing or removal解除
- Demolish a wall坏垣
- No other activities recommended馀事勿取
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Nothing is considered suitable诸事不宜
Month 5 · 30 days
21 June 2001–20 July 2001. 28 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Dragon Boat Festival
25 June 2001 · 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
June 2001 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar leap 4/15
Last quarter
Lunar leap 4/23
New moon
Lunar 5/1
First quarter
Lunar 5/8
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 June 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
- Yang Fire Dragon · 丙辰— 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 Earth · Wù 戊 (primary)
- Yin Wood · Yǐ 乙 (middle)
- Yin Water · Guǐ 癸 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yang Wood Horse · 甲午— 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
- Dragon · 龙— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Metal Dog · 庚戌— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Ghost · 鬼— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.South palace (南) · Goat creature (羊) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Open · 开— 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: Southwest (西南)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against repairing a stove, saying misfortune may follow.丙不修灶必见灾殃The verse cautions against weeping, saying another bereavement may follow.辰不哭泣必主重丧Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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