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Chinese calendar, 25 March 2011
25 March 2011 is lunar month 2, day 21, 2011, the Metal Rabbit year. The day pillar is Yin Earth Rabbit. 8 named Yi activities; 4 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waning gibbous.
Friday
March 2011
Lunar date
2nd Month · 21st Day
二〇一一年二月廿一
Year of the
Metal restrains Wood in the Five Phases, so the year element is understood as moderating the Rabbit’s fixed element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 21 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 2011-03-25
The daily almanac & observances
己卯 Yin Earth Rabbit
The stem gives Earth; the branch gives Rabbit.
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
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 2 · 29 days
5 March 2011–2 April 2011. 8 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Qingming Festival
5 April 2011 · 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 2011 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 2/1
First quarter
Lunar 2/9
Full moon
Lunar 2/16
Last quarter
Lunar 2/22
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 25 March 2011
Select a day to update its quick overview. Today, the selected date and festivals have separate markers.
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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 Earth Rabbit · 己卯— 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 Wood · Yǐ 乙 (primary)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Metal Rabbit · 辛卯— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yin Metal Rabbit · 辛卯— Metal controls Wood; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- City-wall Earth · 城头土— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Earth.
- Day animal 生肖
- Rabbit · 兔— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Water Rooster · 癸酉— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Neck · 亢— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.East palace (东) · Dragon creature (龙) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Establish · 建— 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: North (正北)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against handling agreements, saying both parties may lose.己不破券二比并亡The verse cautions against digging a well, saying the water may not be sweet.卯不穿井水泉不香Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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