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Chinese calendar, 19 February 2013
19 February 2013 is lunar month 1, day 10, 2013, the Water Snake year. The day pillar is Yang Fire Dragon. 17 named Yi activities; 5 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waxing gibbous.
Tuesday
February 2013
Lunar date
1st Month · 10th Day
二〇一三年正月初十
Year of the
Water restrains Fire in the Five Phases, so the year element is understood as moderating the Snake’s fixed element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 10 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 2013-02-19
The daily almanac & observances
丙辰 Yang Fire Dragon
The stem gives Fire; the branch gives Dragon.
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
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Coming-of-age ceremony冠笄
- Make a formal betrothal proposal纳采
- Travel出行
- Meet relatives and friends会亲友
- Raise the main roof beam上梁
- Install machinery安机械
- Set up a bed安床
- Raise livestock牧养
- Hunt畋猎
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
- Build or renovate修造
- Install a door安门
- Roof or build a house盖屋
- Lay a foundation起基
忌 Traditionally avoid
Medical care should follow clinical need; do not postpone treatment because of an almanac entry.
Month 1 · 30 days
10 February 2013–11 March 2013. 20 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Lantern Festival
24 February 2013 · In Shanghai and many other Chinese communities, people may view lantern displays, solve lantern riddles and eat yuanxiao or tangyuan, with recipes and events varying by place.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
February 2013 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 12/23
New moon
Lunar 1/1
First quarter
Lunar 1/9
Full moon
Lunar 1/17
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 19 February 2013
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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
- Yang Fire Dragon · 丙辰— 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 Earth · Wù 戊 (primary)
- Yin Wood · Yǐ 乙 (middle)
- Yin Water · Guǐ 癸 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yang Wood Tiger · 甲寅— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yin Water Snake · 癸巳— Water controls Fire; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Sand Earth · 沙中土— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Earth.
- Day animal 生肖
- Dragon · 龙— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Metal Dog · 庚戌— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Wings · 翼— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.South palace (南) · Snake creature (蛇) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Full · 满— 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)
- 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 weeping, saying another bereavement may follow.辰不哭泣必主重丧Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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