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Chinese calendar, 23 June 2012

23 June 2012 is lunar month 5, day 5, 2012, the Water Dragon year. The day pillar is Yin Wood Rabbit. 2 named Yi activities; a general Ji restriction. 6 auspicious time windows; waxing crescent.

Solar term

Xiàzhì · Summer Solstice

Since 21 June 2012

23

Saturday

June 2012

Lunar date

5th Month · 5th Day

二〇一二初五

Year of the

Water Dragon

Yang Water Dragon · 壬辰

Earth restrains Water in the Five Phases, so the Dragon’s fixed element is understood as moderating the year element.

Solar term

Xiàzhì · Summer Solstice

since 21 June 2012

Moon phase

Waxing crescent

Lunar day 5 · between principal phases

Daily almanac · 2012-06-23

The daily almanac & observances

23 June 2012
Traditional day classification

Auspicious · Huang Dao

Jade Hall 玉堂 · 黄道

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

Traditionally suitable

Traditionally avoid

  • Nothing is considered suitable诸事不宜
Inside this lunar month

Month 5 · 30 days

19 June 201218 July 2012. 25 days remain after this date.

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Festival & customs on this date

Dragon Boat Festival · 端午节

In communities especially around the middle and lower Yangtze, observances may combine local memorial rites, dragon-boat sports and rice-dumpling feasts; even the honoured hero varies by region.

The Moon this month · UTC+8

June 2012 moon phases

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  1. Full moon

    Lunar leap 4/15

  2. Last quarter

    Lunar leap 4/22

  3. New moon

    Lunar 5/1

  4. First quarter

    Lunar 5/9

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 February 2012
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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
Yin Wood Rabbit · 乙卯— 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 · (primary)
Month pillar 月柱
Yang Fire Horse · 丙午— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
Year pillar 年柱
Yang Water Dragon · 壬辰Earth controls Water; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
Day Na Yin 纳音
Great Stream Water · 大溪水— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Water.
Day animal 生肖
Rabbit · — the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
Opposes 冲
Yin Earth Rooster · 己酉— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
Lunar mansion 宿
Girl · — this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace () · Bat creature () · traditionally unfavourable ()
Day officer 建除
Receive · — determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
Auspicious directions 吉方
  • Joy 喜神: Northwest (西北)
  • Blessing 福神: Southwest (西南)
  • 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 planting, saying even many plants may not grow.乙不栽植千株不长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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