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Chinese calendar, 21 April 2020
21 April 2020 is lunar month 3, day 29, 2020, the Metal Rat year. The day pillar is Yang Wood Horse. 6 named Yi activities; 3 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waning crescent.
Tuesday
April 2020
Lunar date
3rd Month · 29th Day
二〇二〇年三月廿九
Year of the
Metal generates Water in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Rat’s fixed element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 29 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 2020-04-21
The daily almanac & observances
甲午 Yang Wood Horse
The stem gives Wood; 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
- Meet relatives and friends会亲友
- Open a business or market开市
- Set up a bed安床
- Reopen a grave for reburial启钻
- Burial安葬
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 3 · 30 days
24 March 2020–22 April 2020. 1 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Dragon Boat Festival
25 June 2020 · 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 2020 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 3/9
Full moon
Lunar 3/16
Last quarter
Lunar 3/23
New moon
Lunar 4/1
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
Explore the days around 21 April 2020
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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 Wood Horse · 甲午— 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
- Yang Metal Dragon · 庚辰— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Metal Rat · 庚子— Metal generates Water; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Sand Metal · 沙中金— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Metal.
- Day animal 生肖
- Horse · 马— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Earth Rat · 戊子— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Encampment · 室— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace (北) · Pig creature (猪) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- Day officer 建除
- Full · 满— 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: Northeast (东北)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against opening a storehouse, saying possessions may be lost.甲不开仓财物耗散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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