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Chinese calendar, 31 July 2006

31 July 2006 is lunar month 7, day 7, 2006, the Fire Dog year. The day pillar is Yin Metal Rooster. 18 named Yi activities; 0 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waxing crescent.

Solar term

Dàshǔ · Major Heat

Since 23 July 2006

31

Monday

July 2006

Lunar date

7th Month · 7th Day

二〇〇六初七

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

Dàshǔ · Major Heat

since 23 July 2006

Moon phase

Waxing crescent

Lunar day 7 · between principal phases

Daily almanac · 2006-07-31

The daily almanac & observances

31 July 2006
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 · 30 days

25 July 200623 August 2006. 23 days remain after this date.

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Festival & customs on this date

Qixi · 七夕

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 →

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Gregorian dates and corresponding Chinese lunar month and day for August 2006
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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 Metal Rooster · 辛酉— 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 (primary)
Month pillar 月柱
Yin Wood Goat · 乙未— 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
Pomegranate Wood · 石榴木— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Wood.
Day animal 生肖
Rooster · — the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
Opposes 冲
Yin Wood Rabbit · 乙卯— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
Lunar mansion 宿
Rooftop · — this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace () · Swallow creature () · traditionally unfavourable ()
Day officer 建除
Full · — determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
Auspicious directions 吉方
  • Joy 喜神: Southwest (西南)
  • Blessing 福神: Northwest (西北)
  • Wealth 财神: East (正东)
Three traditional direction markers determined by this date’s heavenly stem.
Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
The verse cautions against making sauce, saying the household may not taste it.辛不合酱主人不尝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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