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Chinese calendar, 27 August 2017

27 August 2017 is lunar month 7, day 6, 2017, the Fire Rooster year. The day pillar is Yang Fire Dog. 13 named Yi activities; 5 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waxing crescent.

Solar term

Chǔshǔ · End of Heat

Since 23 August 2017

27

Sunday

August 2017

Lunar date

7th Month · 6th Day

二〇一七初六

Year of the

Fire Rooster

Yin Fire Rooster · 丁酉

Fire restrains Metal in the Five Phases, so the year element is understood as moderating the Rooster’s fixed element.

Solar term

Chǔshǔ · End of Heat

since 23 August 2017

Moon phase

Waxing crescent

Lunar day 6 · between principal phases

Daily almanac · 2017-08-27

The daily almanac & observances

27 August 2017
Traditional day classification

Auspicious · Huang Dao

Controller of Destiny 司命 · 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 7 · 29 days

22 August 201719 September 2017. 23 days remain after this date.

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Next festival & customs

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

August 2017 moon phases

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  1. Full moon

    Lunar leap 6/17

  2. Last quarter

    Lunar leap 6/24

  3. New moon

    Lunar 7/1

  4. First quarter

    Lunar 7/8

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 June 2017
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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
Yang Fire Dog · 丙戌— 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.
  • Yang Earth · (primary)
  • Yin Metal · Xīn (middle)
  • Yin Fire · Dīng (residual)
Month pillar 月柱
Yang Earth Monkey · 戊申— 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
Roof Earth · 屋上土— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Earth.
Day animal 生肖
Dog · — the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
Opposes 冲
Yang Metal Dragon · 庚辰— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
Lunar mansion 宿
Star · — this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.South palace () · Horse creature () · traditionally unfavourable ()
Day officer 建除
Full · — 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: Southwest (西南)
Three traditional direction markers determined by this date’s heavenly stem.
Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
The verse cautions against repairing a stove, saying misfortune may follow.丙不修灶必见灾殃The verse cautions against eating dog meat, saying strange disturbances may reach the bed.戌不吃犬作怪上床Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.

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