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Chinese calendar, 27 September 2014

27 September 2014 is lunar month 9, day 4, 2014, the Wood Horse year. The day pillar is Yin Metal Ox. 12 named Yi activities; 7 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waxing crescent.

Solar term

Qiūfēn · Autumn Equinox

Since 23 September 2014

27

Saturday

September 2014

Lunar date

9th Month · 4th Day

二〇一四初四

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

Qiūfēn · Autumn Equinox

since 23 September 2014

Moon phase

Waxing crescent

Lunar day 4 · between principal phases

Daily almanac · 2014-09-27

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27 September 2014
Traditional day classification

Inauspicious · Hei Dao

Gou Chen 勾陈 · 黑道

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

Inside this lunar month

Month 9 · 30 days

24 September 201423 October 2014. 26 days remain after this date.

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Next festival & customs

Double Ninth Festival

2 October 2014 · In Hong Kong, families may visit ancestral graves or hike and picnic in the hills on Chung Yeung, while observance varies across communities.

The Moon this month · UTC+8

September 2014 moon phases

Read the phase guide →
  1. First quarter

    Lunar 8/9

  2. Full moon

    Lunar 8/16

  3. Last quarter

    Lunar 8/23

  4. New moon

    Lunar 9/1

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 August 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
Yin Metal Ox · 辛丑— 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.
  • Yin Earth · (primary)
  • Yin Water · Guǐ (middle)
  • Yin Metal · Xīn (residual)
Month pillar 月柱
Yin Water Rooster · 癸酉— 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
Wall Earth · 壁上土— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Earth.
Day animal 生肖
Ox · — the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
Opposes 冲
Yin Wood Goat · 乙未— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
Lunar mansion 宿
Willow · — this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.South palace () · Roe deer creature () · traditionally unfavourable ()
Day officer 建除
Settle · — determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
Auspicious directions 吉方
  • Joy 喜神: Southwest (西南)
  • Blessing 福神: Northwest (西北)
  • 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 making sauce, saying the household may not taste it.辛不合酱主人不尝The verse cautions against ceremonial dress, saying the wearer may not return home.丑不冠带主不还乡Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.

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