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Chinese calendar, 26 April 2003
26 April 2003 is lunar month 3, day 25, 2003, the Water Goat year. The day pillar is Yin Earth Snake. 19 named Yi activities; 7 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waning crescent.
Saturday
April 2003
Lunar date
3rd Month · 25th Day
二〇〇三年三月廿五
Year of the
Earth restrains Water in the Five Phases, so the Goat’s fixed element is understood as moderating the year element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 25 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 2003-04-26
The daily almanac & observances
己巳 Yin Earth Snake
The stem gives Earth; 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
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Pray for children求嗣
- Daoist fasting and offering rites斋醮
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
- Move a sacred altar or flame出火
- Move residence移徙
- Move into a new home入宅
- Erect pillars竖柱
- Raise the main roof beam上梁
- Meet relatives and friends会亲友
- Roof or build a house盖屋
- Lay a foundation起基
- Treat an illness治病
- Install a door安门
- Build a vehicle or carriage造车器
- Dig a well掘井
- Dig a pond开池
忌 Traditionally avoid
Medical care should follow clinical need; do not postpone treatment because of an almanac entry.
Month 3 · 29 days
2 April 2003–30 April 2003. 4 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Dragon Boat Festival
4 June 2003 · 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
April 2003 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 3/1
First quarter
Lunar 3/9
Full moon
Lunar 3/16
Last quarter
Lunar 3/22
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 Earth Snake · 己巳— 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 Fire Dragon · 丙辰— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yin Water Goat · 癸未— Earth controls Water; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Great Forest Wood · 大林木— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Wood.
- Day animal 生肖
- Snake · 蛇— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Water Pig · 癸亥— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Willow · 柳— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.South palace (南) · Roe deer creature (獐) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Remove · 除— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
- Auspicious directions 吉方
- Joy 喜神: Northeast (东北)
- Blessing 福神: North (正北)
- Wealth 财神: North (正北)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against handling agreements, saying both parties may lose.己不破券二比并亡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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