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Chinese calendar, 30 June 2017
30 June 2017 is lunar month 6, day 7, 2017, the Fire Rooster year. The day pillar is Yang Earth Rat. 5 named Yi activities; 2 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waxing crescent.
Friday
June 2017
Lunar date
6th Month · 7th Day
二〇一七年六月初七
Year of the
Fire restrains Metal in the Five Phases, so the year element is understood as moderating the Rooster’s fixed element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 7 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 2017-06-30
The daily almanac & observances
戊子 Yang Earth Rat
The stem gives Earth; the branch gives Rat.
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
- Demolish a building破屋
- Demolish a wall坏垣
- Seek medical care求医
- Treat an illness治病
- Hunt畋猎
- No other activities recommended馀事勿取
忌 Traditionally avoid
Medical care should follow clinical need; do not postpone treatment because of an almanac entry.
Month 6 · 29 days
24 June 2017–22 July 2017. 22 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Qixi
28 August 2017 · 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
June 2017 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 5/7
Full moon
Lunar 5/15
Last quarter
Lunar 5/23
New moon
Lunar 6/1
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
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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 Rat · 戊子— 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 Water · Guǐ 癸 (primary)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yang Fire Horse · 丙午— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yin Fire Rooster · 丁酉— Fire controls Metal; 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
- Rat · 鼠— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Water Horse · 壬午— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Ghost · 鬼— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.South palace (南) · Goat creature (羊) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Break · 破— 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 divination, saying it may invite trouble.子不问卜自惹祸殃Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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