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Chinese calendar, 12 July 2015

12 July 2015 is lunar month 5, day 27, 2015, the Wood Goat year. The day pillar is Yin Earth Ox. 2 named Yi activities; a general Ji restriction. 7 auspicious time windows; waning crescent.

Solar term

Xiǎoshǔ · Minor Heat

Since 7 July 2015

12

Sunday

July 2015

Lunar date

5th Month · 27th Day

二〇一五廿七

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

Xiǎoshǔ · Minor Heat

since 7 July 2015

Moon phase

Waning crescent

Lunar day 27 · between principal phases

Daily almanac · 2015-07-12

The daily almanac & observances

12 July 2015
Traditional day classification

Inauspicious · Hei Dao

Vermilion Bird 朱雀 · 黑道

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

Traditionally suitable

Traditionally avoid

  • Nothing is considered suitable诸事不宜
Inside this lunar month

Month 5 · 30 days

16 June 201515 July 2015. 3 days remain after this date.

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Next festival & customs

Qixi

20 August 2015 · 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 2015 moon phases

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  1. Full moon

    Lunar 5/17

  2. Last quarter

    Lunar 5/24

  3. New moon

    Lunar 6/1

  4. First quarter

    Lunar 6/9

  5. Full moon

    Lunar 6/16

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 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 Earth Ox · 己丑— 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 Goat · 癸未— 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
Thunderbolt Fire · 霹雳火— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Fire.
Day animal 生肖
Ox · — the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
Opposes 冲
Yin Water Goat · 癸未— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
Lunar mansion 宿
Room · — this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.East palace () · Rabbit creature () · traditionally favourable ()
Day officer 建除
Break · — determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
Auspicious directions 吉方
  • Joy 喜神: Northeast (东北)
  • Blessing 福神: North (正北)
  • 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 handling agreements, saying both parties may lose.己不破券二比并亡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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