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Chinese calendar, 20 August 2014
20 August 2014 is lunar month 7, day 25, 2014, the Wood Horse year. The day pillar is Yin Water Pig. 5 named Yi activities; 10 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waning crescent.
Wednesday
August 2014
Lunar date
7th Month · 25th Day
二〇一四年七月廿五
Year of the
Wood generates Fire in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Horse’s fixed element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 25 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 2014-08-20
The daily almanac & observances
癸亥 Yin Water Pig
The stem gives Water; the branch gives Pig.
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
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Legal proceedings词讼
- Treat an illness治病
- Acquire property置产
- Make structural beams作梁
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Burial安葬
- Plant crops栽种
- Fell timber伐木
- Install a door安门
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. 4 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Mid-Autumn Festival
8 September 2014 · Among Chinese communities in Singapore, families may share mooncakes, pomelo and tea while children carry lanterns, with household practices varying.
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 20 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 Water Pig · 癸亥— 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 Water · Rén 壬 (primary)
- Yang Wood · Jiǎ 甲 (middle)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yang Water Monkey · 壬申— 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
- Great Sea Water · 大海水— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Water.
- Day animal 生肖
- Pig · 猪— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Fire Snake · 丁巳— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Wall · 壁— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace (北) · Yu beast creature (獝) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- Day officer 建除
- Balance · 平— 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 marriage, saying it may disadvantage the groom.亥不嫁娶不利新郎Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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