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Chinese calendar, 27 April 2015

27 April 2015 is lunar month 3, day 9, 2015, the Wood Goat year. The day pillar is Yin Water Rooster. 12 named Yi activities; 4 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waxing gibbous.

Solar term

Gǔyǔ · Grain Rain

Since 20 April 2015

27

Monday

April 2015

Lunar date

3rd Month · 9th Day

二〇一五初九

Year of the

Wood Goat

Yin Wood Goat · 乙未

Wood restrains Earth in the Five Phases, so the year element is understood as moderating the Goat’s fixed element.

Solar term

Gǔyǔ · Grain Rain

since 20 April 2015

Moon phase

Waxing gibbous

Lunar day 9 · between principal phases

Daily almanac · 2015-04-27

The daily almanac & observances

27 April 2015
Traditional day classification

Auspicious · Huang Dao

Heavenly Virtue 天德 · 黄道

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 3 · 29 days

19 April 201517 May 2015. 20 days remain after this date.

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Next festival & customs

Dragon Boat Festival

20 June 2015 · In communities especially around the middle and lower Yangtze, observances may combine local memorial rites, dragon-boat sports and rice-dumpling feasts; even the honoured hero varies by region.

The Moon this month · UTC+8

April 2015 moon phases

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  1. Full moon

    Lunar 2/16

  2. Last quarter

    Lunar 2/24

  3. New moon

    Lunar 3/1

  4. First quarter

    Lunar 3/8

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 2015
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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 Water Rooster · 癸酉— 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 Metal · Xīn (primary)
Month pillar 月柱
Yang Metal Dragon · 庚辰— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
Year pillar 年柱
Yin Wood Goat · 乙未Wood controls Earth; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
Day Na Yin 纳音
Sword-edge Metal · 剑锋金— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Metal.
Day animal 生肖
Rooster · — the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
Opposes 冲
Yin Fire Rabbit · 丁卯— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
Lunar mansion 宿
Rooftop · — this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace () · Swallow creature () · traditionally unfavourable ()
Day officer 建除
Hold · — 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)
Three traditional direction markers determined by this date’s heavenly stem.
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 receiving guests, saying drunken disorder may follow.酉不会客醉坐颠狂Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.

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