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Chinese calendar, 22 January 2014
22 January 2014 is lunar month 12, day 22, 2013, the Water Snake year. The day pillar is Yin Water Snake. 13 named Yi activities; 9 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waning gibbous.
Wednesday
January 2014
Lunar date
12th Month · 22nd Day
二〇一三年腊月廿二
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 22 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 2014-01-22
The daily almanac & observances
癸巳 Yin Water Snake
The stem gives Water; the branch gives Snake.
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
- Open a business or market开市
- Hold funeral rites行丧
- Plant crops栽种
- Travel出行
- Dispatch goods or funds出货财
- Burial安葬
- Acquire property置产
- Legal proceedings词讼
- Treat an illness治病
Medical care should follow clinical need; do not postpone treatment because of an almanac entry.
Month 12 · 30 days
1 January 2014–30 January 2014. 8 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Lunar New Year's Eve
30 January 2014 · In China, many families share a reunion dinner and stay up late to greet the new year, while the meal and surrounding rituals vary by region.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
January 2014 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/8
Full moon
Lunar 12/16
Last quarter
Lunar 12/24
New moon
Lunar 1/1
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 22 January 2014
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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 Water Snake · 癸巳— 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 Fire · Bǐng 丙 (primary)
- Yang Metal · Gēng 庚 (middle)
- Yang Earth · Wù 戊 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Wood Ox · 乙丑— 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
- Long-flowing Water · 长流水— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Water.
- Day animal 生肖
- Snake · 蛇— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Fire Pig · 丁亥— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Chariot · 轸— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.South palace (南) · Earthworm creature (蚓) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- Day officer 建除
- Settle · 定— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
- Auspicious directions 吉方
- Joy 喜神: Southeast (东南)
- Blessing 福神: Northeast (东北)
- Wealth 财神: South (正南)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against lawsuits, saying one’s case may be weaker than the opponent’s.癸不词讼理弱敌强The verse cautions against long travel, saying possessions may be hidden or lost.巳不远行财物伏藏Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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22 January 2014 corresponds to lunar year 2013, month 12, day 22, in the 癸巳 year — the Year of the Snake. You can enter another date in the date converter.
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