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Chinese calendar, 8 June 2014

8 June 2014 is lunar month 5, day 11, 2014, the Wood Horse year. The day pillar is Yang Metal Dog. 23 named Yi activities; 0 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waxing gibbous.

Solar term

Mángzhòng · Grain in Ear

Since 6 June 2014

8

Sunday

June 2014

Lunar date

5th Month · 11th Day

二〇一四年五月十一

Year of the

Wood Horse

Yang Wood Horse · 甲午

Wood generates Fire in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Horse’s fixed element.

Solar term

Mángzhòng · Grain in Ear

since 6 June 2014

Moon phase

Waxing gibbous

Lunar day 11 · between principal phases

Daily almanac · 2014-06-08

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8 June 2014
Traditional day classification

Inauspicious · Hei Dao

Heavenly Punishment 天刑 · 黑道

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

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Inside this lunar month

Month 5 · 29 days

29 May 2014–26 June 2014. 18 days remain after this date.

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Next festival & customs

Qixi

2 August 2014 · 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 2014 moon phases

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  1. First quarter

    Lunar 5/9

  2. Full moon

    Lunar 5/16

  3. Last quarter

    Lunar 5/23

  4. New moon

    Lunar 6/1

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 July 2014
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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 Metal Dog · 庚戌— 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 Metal · Xīn 辛 (middle)
  • Yin Fire · Dīng 丁 (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
Yang Wood Horse · 甲午— Wood generates Fire; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
Day Na Yin 纳音
Hairpin and Bracelet Metal · 钗钏金— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Metal.
Day animal 生肖
Dog · 狗— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
Opposes 冲
Yang Wood Dragon · 甲辰— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
Lunar mansion 宿
Star · 星— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.South palace (南) · Horse creature (马) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
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: Northwest (西北)
  • Blessing 福神: Southwest (西南)
  • Wealth 财神: East (正东)
Three traditional direction markers determined by this date’s heavenly stem.
Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
The verse cautions against setting warp and weft, saying the loom may stand empty.庚不经络织机虚张The verse cautions against eating dog meat, saying strange disturbances may reach the bed.戌不吃犬作怪上床Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.

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