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Chinese calendar, 24 August 2004

24 August 2004 is lunar month 7, day 9, 2004, the Wood Monkey year. The day pillar is Yin Wood Pig. 6 named Yi activities; 8 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waxing gibbous.

Solar term

Chǔshǔ · End of Heat

Since 23 August 2004

24

Tuesday

August 2004

Lunar date

7th Month · 9th Day

二〇〇四初九

Year of the

Wood Monkey

Yang Wood Monkey · 甲申

Metal restrains Wood in the Five Phases, so the Monkey’s fixed element is understood as moderating the year element.

Solar term

Chǔshǔ · End of Heat

since 23 August 2004

Moon phase

Waxing gibbous

Lunar day 9 · between principal phases

Daily almanac · 2004-08-24

The daily almanac & observances

24 August 2004
Traditional day classification

Inauspicious · Hei Dao

Gou Chen 勾陈 · 黑道

Huang Dao and Hei Dao name the day-god cycle. For a particular plan, read its Yi and Ji activities below.

Inside this lunar month

Month 7 · 29 days

16 August 200413 September 2004. 20 days remain after this date.

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Next festival & customs

Ghost Festival

30 August 2004 · In Hong Kong's Cheung Chau Yu Lan tradition, communities offer food to wandering ghosts and perform rites including burning a Ghost Master effigy; other Yu Lan traditions use different sequences.

The Moon this month · UTC+8

August 2004 moon phases

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  1. Full moon

    Lunar 6/16

  2. Last quarter

    Lunar 6/23

  3. New moon

    Lunar 7/1

  4. First quarter

    Lunar 7/8

  5. Full moon

    Lunar 7/15

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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Gregorian dates and corresponding Chinese lunar month and day for November 2004
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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 Pig · 乙亥— 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 (primary)
  • Yang Wood · Jiǎ (middle)
Month pillar 月柱
Yang Water Monkey · 壬申— 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
Mountain-top Fire · 山头火— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Fire.
Day animal 生肖
Pig · — the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
Opposes 冲
Yin Earth Snake · 己巳— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
Lunar mansion 宿
Tail · — this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.East palace () · Tiger creature () · traditionally favourable ()
Day officer 建除
Balance · — 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)
Three traditional direction markers determined by this date’s heavenly stem.
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 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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