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Chinese calendar, 24 February 2002
24 February 2002 is lunar month 1, day 13, 2002, the Water Horse year. The day pillar is Yin Water Pig. 6 named Yi activities; 10 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waxing gibbous.
Sunday
February 2002
Lunar date
1st Month · 13th Day
二〇〇二年正月十三
Year of the
Water restrains Fire in the Five Phases, so the year element is understood as moderating the Horse’s fixed element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 13 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 2002-02-24
The daily almanac & observances
癸亥 Yin Water Pig
The stem gives Water; the branch gives Pig.
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
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Legal proceedings词讼
- Hold funeral rites行丧
- Burial安葬
- Raise livestock牧养
- Fell timber伐木
- Make structural beams作梁
- Open a business or market开市
- Acquire livestock纳畜
- Build a livestock enclosure造畜稠
Month 1 · 30 days
12 February 2002–13 March 2002. 17 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Lantern Festival
26 February 2002 · In Shanghai and many other Chinese communities, people may view lantern displays, solve lantern riddles and eat yuanxiao or tangyuan, with recipes and events varying by place.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
February 2002 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 12/23
New moon
Lunar 1/1
First quarter
Lunar 1/9
Full moon
Lunar 1/16
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
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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 Water Pig · 癸亥— 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 Water · Rén 壬 (primary)
- Yang Wood · Jiǎ 甲 (middle)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yang Water Tiger · 壬寅— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Water Horse · 壬午— Water controls Fire; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Great Sea Water · 大海水— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Water.
- Day animal 生肖
- Pig · 猪— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Fire Snake · 丁巳— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Hairy Head · 昴— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.West palace (西) · Rooster creature (鸡) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Receive · 收— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
- Auspicious directions 吉方
- Joy 喜神: Southeast (东南)
- Blessing 福神: Northeast (东北)
- Wealth 财神: South (正南)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against lawsuits, saying one’s case may be weaker than the opponent’s.癸不词讼理弱敌强The verse cautions against marriage, saying it may disadvantage the groom.亥不嫁娶不利新郎Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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