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Chinese calendar, 3 August 2031
3 August 2031 is lunar month 6, day 16, 2031, the Metal Pig year. The day pillar is Yin Wood Pig. 14 named Yi activities; 7 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; full moon.
Sunday
August 2031
Lunar date
6th Month · 16th Day
二〇三一年六月十六
Year of the
Metal generates Water in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Pig’s fixed element.
Moon phase
09:46 · UTC+8
Daily almanac · 2031-08-03
The daily almanac & observances
乙亥 Yin Wood Pig
The stem gives Wood; the branch gives Pig.
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
- Move into a new home入宅
- Move residence移徙
- Set up a bed安床
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Pray for children求嗣
- Add a member to the household进人口
- Open a business or market开市
- Trade交易
- Sign a contract立券
- Move a sacred altar or flame出火
- Dismantle a structure拆卸
- Build or renovate修造
- Begin construction earthworks动土
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Begin burial excavation破土
- Acquire property置产
- Plant crops栽种
- Burial安葬
- Repair a grave修坟
- Hold funeral rites行丧
Month 6 · 30 days
19 July 2031–17 August 2031. 14 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Qixi
24 August 2031 · 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 2031 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 6/16
Last quarter
Lunar 6/23
New moon
Lunar 7/1
First quarter
Lunar 7/9
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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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 Wood Pig · 乙亥— 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 Water · Rén 壬 (primary)
- Yang Wood · Jiǎ 甲 (middle)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Wood Goat · 乙未— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yin Metal Pig · 辛亥— Metal generates Water; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Mountain-top Fire · 山头火— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Fire.
- Day animal 生肖
- Pig · 猪— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Earth Snake · 己巳— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Hairy Head · 昴— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.West palace (西) · Rooster creature (鸡) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Settle · 定— 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: Northeast (东北)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against planting, saying even many plants may not grow.乙不栽植千株不长The verse cautions against marriage, saying it may disadvantage the groom.亥不嫁娶不利新郎Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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