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Chinese calendar, 20 June 2009

20 June 2009 is lunar month 5, day 28, 2009, the Earth Ox year. The day pillar is Yang Fire Monkey. 10 named Yi activities; 2 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waning crescent.

Solar term

Mángzhòng · Grain in Ear

Since 5 June 2009

20

Saturday

June 2009

Lunar date

5th Month · 28th Day

二〇〇九廿八

Year of the

Earth Ox

Yin Earth Ox · 己丑

Earth is both the year element and the Ox’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Earth.

Solar term

Mángzhòng · Grain in Ear

since 5 June 2009

Moon phase

Waning crescent

Lunar day 28 · between principal phases

Daily almanac · 2009-06-20

The daily almanac & observances

20 June 2009
Traditional day classification

Auspicious · Huang Dao

Azure Dragon 青龙 · 黄道

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

Medical care should follow clinical need; do not postpone treatment because of an almanac entry.

Inside this lunar month

Month 5 · 30 days

24 May 200922 June 2009. 2 days remain after this date.

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Next festival & customs

Qixi

26 August 2009 · 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

June 2009 moon phases

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  1. Full moon

    Lunar 5/16

  2. Last quarter

    Lunar 5/24

  3. New moon

    Lunar leap 5/1

  4. First quarter

    Lunar leap 5/7

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 May 2009
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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 Fire Monkey · 丙申— 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 Metal · Gēng (primary)
  • Yang Water · Rén (middle)
  • Yang Earth · (residual)
Month pillar 月柱
Yang Metal Horse · 庚午— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
Year pillar 年柱
Yin Earth Ox · 己丑Earth reinforces Earth; 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
Monkey · — the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
Opposes 冲
Yang Metal Tiger · 庚寅— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
Lunar mansion 宿
Root · — this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.East palace () · Raccoon dog 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: Southwest (西南)
Three traditional direction markers determined by this date’s heavenly stem.
Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
The verse cautions against repairing a stove, saying misfortune may follow.丙不修灶必见灾殃The verse cautions against positioning a bed, saying spirits may enter the room.申不安床鬼祟入房Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.

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