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Chinese calendar, 3 March 2023
3 March 2023 is lunar month 2, day 12, 2023, the Water Rabbit year. The day pillar is Yang Metal Monkey. 4 named Yi activities; 2 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waxing gibbous.
Friday
March 2023
Lunar date
2nd Month · 12th Day
二〇二三年二月十二
Year of the
Water generates Wood in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Rabbit’s fixed element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 12 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 2023-03-03
The daily almanac & observances
庚申 Yang Metal Monkey
The stem gives Metal; 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
- Seek medical care求医
- Treat an illness治病
- Demolish a building破屋
- Demolish a wall坏垣
- 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 2 · 30 days
20 February 2023–21 March 2023. 18 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
March 2023 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 2/16
Last quarter
Lunar 2/24
New moon
Lunar leap 2/1
First quarter
Lunar leap 2/8
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 3 March 2023
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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 Metal Monkey · 庚申— 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 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
- Pomegranate Wood · 石榴木— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Wood.
- Day animal 生肖
- Monkey · 猴— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Wood Tiger · 甲寅— 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: Northwest (西北)
- Blessing 福神: Southwest (西南)
- Wealth 财神: East (正东)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against setting warp and weft, saying the loom may stand empty.庚不经络织机虚张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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