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Chinese calendar, 4 July 2006

4 July 2006 is lunar month 6, day 9, 2006, the Fire Dog year. The day pillar is Yang Wood Horse. 5 named Yi activities; 3 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; first quarter.

Solar term

Xiàzhì · Summer Solstice

Since 21 June 2006

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Tuesday

July 2006

Lunar date

6th Month · 9th Day

二〇〇六初九

Year of the

Fire Dog

Yang Fire Dog · 丙戌

Fire generates Earth in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Dog’s fixed element.

Solar term

Xiàzhì · Summer Solstice

since 21 June 2006

Moon phase

First quarter

00:37 · UTC+8

Daily almanac · 2006-07-04

The daily almanac & observances

4 July 2006
Traditional day classification

Auspicious · Huang Dao

Controller of Destiny 司命 · 黄道

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 6 · 29 days

26 June 200624 July 2006. 20 days remain after this date.

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Next festival & customs

Qixi

31 July 2006 · Across documented Chinese traditions, women and girls have set out seasonal fruit and held needlework or other skill contests, though forms differ sharply by region and many have faded.

The Moon this month · UTC+8

July 2006 moon phases

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  1. First quarter

    Lunar 6/9

  2. Full moon

    Lunar 6/16

  3. Last quarter

    Lunar 6/23

  4. New moon

    Lunar 7/1

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 4 July 2006

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Gregorian dates and corresponding Chinese lunar month and day for July 2006
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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
Yang Wood Horse · 甲午— 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 Fire · Dīng (primary)
  • Yin Earth · (middle)
Month pillar 月柱
Yang Wood Horse · 甲午— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
Year pillar 年柱
Yang Fire Dog · 丙戌Fire generates Earth; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
Day Na Yin 纳音
Sand Metal · 沙中金— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Metal.
Day animal 生肖
Horse · — the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
Opposes 冲
Yang Earth Rat · 戊子— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
Lunar mansion 宿
Encampment · — this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace () · Pig creature () · traditionally favourable ()
Day officer 建除
Establish · — 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: 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 opening a storehouse, saying possessions may be lost.甲不开仓财物耗散The verse cautions against roofing a house, saying its owner may have to make changes.午不苫盖屋主更张Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.

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