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Chinese calendar, 20 February 2023
20 February 2023 is lunar month 2, day 1, 2023, the Water Rabbit year. The day pillar is Yin Earth Rooster. 18 named Yi activities; 3 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; new moon.
Monday
February 2023
Lunar date
2nd Month · 1st Day
二〇二三年二月初一
Year of the
Water generates Wood in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Rabbit’s fixed element.
Moon phase
15:06 · UTC+8
Daily almanac · 2023-02-20
The daily almanac & observances
己酉 Yin Earth Rooster
The stem gives Earth; the branch gives Rooster.
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
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Pray for children求嗣
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
- Move a sacred altar or flame出火
- Travel出行
- Dismantle a structure拆卸
- Build or renovate修造
- Begin construction earthworks动土
- Move into a new home入宅
- Move residence移徙
- Raise the main roof beam上梁
- Hang a signboard or plaque挂匾
- Dig a pond开池
- Place the deceased in a coffin入殓
- Burial安葬
- Begin burial excavation破土
- Reopen a grave for reburial启钻
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 2 · 30 days
20 February 2023–21 March 2023. 29 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Qingming Festival
5 April 2023 · 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
February 2023 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 1/16
Last quarter
Lunar 1/24
New moon
Lunar 2/1
First quarter
Lunar 2/8
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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Explore the days around 20 February 2023
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Each cell shows the Gregorian day above its lunar month/day. Select any day to update the quick overview, then open its full reading for more detail.
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
- Yin Earth Rooster · 己酉— 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 Metal · Xīn 辛 (primary)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yang Wood Tiger · 甲寅— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yin Water Rabbit · 癸卯— Water generates Wood; 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
- Rooster · 鸡— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Water Rabbit · 癸卯— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Rooftop · 危— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace (北) · Swallow creature (燕) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Danger · 危— 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: North (正北)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against handling agreements, saying both parties may lose.己不破券二比并亡The verse cautions against receiving guests, saying drunken disorder may follow.酉不会客醉坐颠狂Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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