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Chinese calendar, 2 August 2014
2 August 2014 is lunar month 7, day 7, 2014, the Wood Horse year. The day pillar is Yin Wood Snake. 20 named Yi activities; 3 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waxing crescent.
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August 2014
Lunar date
7th Month · 7th Day
二〇一四年七月初七
Year of the
Wood generates Fire in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Horse’s fixed element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 7 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 2014-08-02
The daily almanac & observances
乙巳 Yin Wood Snake
The stem gives Wood; 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
- Make a formal betrothal proposal纳采
- Formalize a betrothal agreement订盟
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Bathe沐浴
- Sculpt or paint sacred images塑绘
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
- Move a sacred altar or flame出火
- Treat an illness治病
- Begin learning a craft习艺
- Fell timber伐木
- Roof or build a house盖屋
- Erect pillars竖柱
- Raise the main roof beam上梁
- Set up a bed安床
- Build or install a stove作灶
- Install a mortar or mill安碓磑
- Hang a signboard or plaque挂匾
- Dig a well掘井
- Acquire livestock纳畜
忌 Traditionally avoid
Medical care should follow clinical need; do not postpone treatment because of an almanac entry.
Month 7 · 29 days
27 July 2014–24 August 2014. 22 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Qixi · 七夕
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
August 2014 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 7/9
Full moon
Lunar 7/16
Last quarter
Lunar 7/22
New moon
Lunar 8/1
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 2 August 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 Wood Snake · 乙巳— 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 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
- Covered-lamp Fire · 覆灯火— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Fire.
- Day animal 生肖
- Snake · 蛇— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Earth Pig · 己亥— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Willow · 柳— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.South palace (南) · Roe deer creature (獐) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Open · 开— 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)
- 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 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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