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Chinese calendar, 14 March 2005
14 March 2005 is lunar month 2, day 5, 2005, the Wood Rooster year. The day pillar is Yin Fire Rooster. 4 named Yi activities; 2 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waxing crescent.
Monday
March 2005
Lunar date
2nd Month · 5th Day
二〇〇五年二月初五
Year of the
Metal restrains Wood in the Five Phases, so the Rooster’s fixed element is understood as moderating the year element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 5 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 2005-03-14
The daily almanac & observances
丁酉 Yin Fire Rooster
The stem gives Fire; the branch gives Rooster.
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
- Demolish a building破屋
- Demolish a wall坏垣
- Seek medical care求医
- Treat an illness治病
- No other activities recommended馀事勿取
忌 Traditionally avoid
Medical care should follow clinical need; do not postpone treatment because of an almanac entry.
Month 2 · 30 days
10 March 2005–8 April 2005. 25 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Qingming Festival
5 April 2005 · 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
March 2005 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 1/24
New moon
Lunar 2/1
First quarter
Lunar 2/9
Full moon
Lunar 2/17
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 Fire Rooster · 丁酉— 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 Metal · Xīn 辛 (primary)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Earth Rabbit · 己卯— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yin Wood Rooster · 乙酉— Metal controls Wood; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Mountain-foot Fire · 山下火— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Fire.
- Day animal 生肖
- Rooster · 鸡— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Metal Rabbit · 辛卯— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Rooftop · 危— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace (北) · Swallow creature (燕) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Break · 破— 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: Southwest (西南)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against cutting hair, saying sores may appear.丁不剃头头必生疮The verse cautions against receiving guests, saying drunken disorder may follow.酉不会客醉坐颠狂Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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