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Chinese calendar, 4 August 2016
4 August 2016 is lunar month 7, day 2, 2016, the Fire Monkey year. The day pillar is Yang Earth Horse. 4 named Yi activities; 6 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waxing crescent.
Thursday
August 2016
Lunar date
7th Month · 2nd Day
二〇一六年七月初二
Year of the
Fire restrains Metal in the Five Phases, so the year element is understood as moderating the Monkey’s fixed element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 2 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 2016-08-04
The daily almanac & observances
戊午 Yang Earth Horse
The stem gives Earth; the branch gives Horse.
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
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Seal openings塞穴
- Make fishing nets结网
- Hunt畋猎
- No other activities recommended馀事勿取
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 7 · 29 days
3 August 2016–31 August 2016. 27 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Qixi
9 August 2016 · 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 2016 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 7/1
First quarter
Lunar 7/9
Full moon
Lunar 7/16
Last quarter
Lunar 7/23
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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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
- Yang Earth Horse · 戊午— 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 Fire · Dīng 丁 (primary)
- Yin Earth · Jǐ 己 (middle)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Wood Goat · 乙未— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Fire Monkey · 丙申— Fire controls Metal; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Heavenly Fire · 天上火— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Fire.
- Day animal 生肖
- Horse · 马— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Water Rat · 壬子— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Horn · 角— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.East palace (东) · Flood dragon creature (蛟) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- Day officer 建除
- Close · 闭— 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: North (正北)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against accepting land, saying it may be inauspicious for the owner.戊不受田田主不祥The verse cautions against roofing a house, saying its owner may have to make changes.午不苫盖屋主更张Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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