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Chinese calendar, 26 July 2014

26 July 2014 is lunar month 6, day 30, 2014, the Wood Horse year. The day pillar is Yang Earth Dog. 4 named Yi activities; 4 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waning crescent.

Solar term

Dàshǔ · Major Heat

Since 23 July 2014

26

Saturday

July 2014

Lunar date

6th Month · 30th Day

二〇一四三十

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

Dàshǔ · Major Heat

since 23 July 2014

Moon phase

Waning crescent

Lunar day 30 · between principal phases

Daily almanac · 2014-07-26

The daily almanac & observances

26 July 2014
Traditional day classification

Auspicious · Huang Dao

Azure Dragon 青龙 · 黄道

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

Medical care should follow clinical need; do not postpone treatment because of an almanac entry.

Inside this lunar month

Month 6 · 30 days

27 June 201426 July 2014. This is the final day of the month.

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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

July 2014 moon phases

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  1. First quarter

    Lunar 6/9

  2. Full moon

    Lunar 6/16

  3. Last quarter

    Lunar 6/23

  4. New moon

    Lunar 7/1

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 March 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
Yang Earth Dog · 戊戌— 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 · (primary)
  • Yin Metal · Xīn (middle)
  • Yin Fire · Dīng (residual)
Month pillar 月柱
Yin Metal Goat · 辛未— 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
Level-ground Wood · 平地木— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Wood.
Day animal 生肖
Dog · — the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
Opposes 冲
Yang Water Dragon · 壬辰— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
Lunar mansion 宿
Stomach · — this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.West palace (西) · Boar creature () · traditionally favourable ()
Day officer 建除
Balance · — 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: North (正北)
Three traditional direction markers determined by this date’s heavenly stem.
Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
The verse cautions against accepting land, saying it may be inauspicious for the owner.戊不受田田主不祥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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