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Chinese calendar, 1 March 2021
1 March 2021 is lunar month 1, day 18, 2021, the Metal Ox year. The day pillar is Yang Earth Monkey. 6 named Yi activities; a general Ji restriction. 7 auspicious time windows; waning gibbous.
Monday
March 2021
Lunar date
1st Month · 18th Day
二〇二一年正月十八
Year of the
Earth generates Metal in the Five Phases, so the Ox’s fixed element supports the year element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 18 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 2021-03-01
The daily almanac & observances
戊申 Yang Earth Monkey
The stem gives Earth; the branch gives Monkey.
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
忌 Traditionally avoid
- No other activities recommended馀事勿取
Medical care should follow clinical need; do not postpone treatment because of an almanac entry.
Month 1 · 29 days
12 February 2021–12 March 2021. 11 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Qingming Festival
4 April 2021 · In China, Qingming is commonly marked by tending graves and honouring ancestors, while spring outings form another long-standing strand of the day.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
March 2021 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 1/23
New moon
Lunar 2/1
First quarter
Lunar 2/9
Full moon
Lunar 2/17
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 1 March 2021
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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 Monkey · 戊申— 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 Metal · Gēng 庚 (primary)
- Yang Water · Rén 壬 (middle)
- Yang Earth · Wù 戊 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yang Metal Tiger · 庚寅— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yin Metal Ox · 辛丑— Earth generates Metal; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Great Post-road Earth · 大驿土— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Earth.
- Day animal 生肖
- Monkey · 猴— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Water Tiger · 壬寅— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Net · 毕— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.West palace (西) · Crow creature (乌) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- 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 positioning a bed, saying spirits may enter the room.申不安床鬼祟入房Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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