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Chinese calendar, 3 April 2004
3 April 2004 is lunar leap month 2, day 14, 2004, the Wood Monkey year. The day pillar is Yang Water Rat. 7 named Yi activities; 4 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waxing gibbous.
Saturday
April 2004
Lunar date
Leap 2nd Month · 14th Day
二〇〇四年闰二月十四
Year of the
Metal restrains Wood in the Five Phases, so the Monkey’s fixed element is understood as moderating the year element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 14 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 2004-04-03
The daily almanac & observances
壬子 Yang Water Rat
The stem gives Water; the branch gives Rat.
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
- Cut hair理发
- Coming-of-age ceremony冠笄
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Add a member to the household进人口
- Plant crops栽种
- Trap or capture捕捉
- Acupuncture or moxibustion针灸
忌 Traditionally avoid
Medical care should follow clinical need; do not postpone treatment because of an almanac entry.
Leap month 2 · 29 days
21 March 2004–18 April 2004. 15 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Qingming Festival
4 April 2004 · 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
April 2004 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar leap 2/16
Last quarter
Lunar leap 2/23
New moon
Lunar 3/1
First quarter
Lunar 3/10
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 3 April 2004
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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 Water Rat · 壬子— 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 Water · Guǐ 癸 (primary)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Fire Rabbit · 丁卯— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Wood Monkey · 甲申— Metal controls Wood; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Mulberry Wood · 桑柘木— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Wood.
- Day animal 生肖
- Rat · 鼠— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Fire Horse · 丙午— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Root · 氐— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.East palace (东) · Raccoon dog creature (貉) · 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: South (正南)
- Blessing 福神: Southeast (东南)
- Wealth 财神: South (正南)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against drawing water, saying trouble may be hard to guard against.壬不泱水更难提防The verse cautions against divination, saying it may invite trouble.子不问卜自惹祸殃Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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