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Chinese calendar, 31 July 2001
31 July 2001 is lunar month 6, day 11, 2001, the Metal Snake year. The day pillar is Yin Wood Goat. 11 named Yi activities; 10 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waxing gibbous.
Tuesday
July 2001
Lunar date
6th Month · 11th Day
二〇〇一年六月十一
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
Lunar day 11 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 2001-07-31
The daily almanac & observances
乙未 Yin Wood Goat
The stem gives Wood; the branch gives Goat.
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
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Travel出行
- Cut or make clothes裁衣
- Coming-of-age ceremony冠笄
- Trade交易
- Carve or engrave雕刻
- Receive funds纳财
- Build a livestock enclosure造畜稠
- Build a vehicle or carriage造车器
- Train cattle or horses教牛马
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 6 · 29 days
21 July 2001–18 August 2001. 18 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Qixi
25 August 2001 · 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
July 2001 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 5/15
Last quarter
Lunar 5/24
New moon
Lunar 6/1
First quarter
Lunar 6/7
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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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 Wood Goat · 乙未— 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 Earth · Jǐ 己 (primary)
- Yin Fire · Dīng 丁 (middle)
- Yin Wood · Yǐ 乙 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Wood Goat · 乙未— 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 Metal · 沙中金— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Metal.
- Day animal 生肖
- Goat · 羊— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Earth Ox · 己丑— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Tail · 尾— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.East palace (东) · Tiger creature (虎) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- Day officer 建除
- Establish · 建— 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)
- 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 taking medicine, saying harm may enter the body.未不服药毒气入肠Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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