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Chinese calendar, 23 April 2033
23 April 2033 is lunar month 3, day 24, 2033, the Water Ox year. The day pillar is Yang Wood Dragon. 4 named Yi activities; a general Ji restriction. 6 auspicious time windows; waning crescent.
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April 2033
Lunar date
3rd Month · 24th Day
二〇三三年三月廿四
Year of the
Earth restrains Water in the Five Phases, so the Ox’s fixed element is understood as moderating the year element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 24 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 2033-04-23
The daily almanac & observances
甲辰 Yang Wood Dragon
The stem gives Wood; the branch gives Dragon.
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
- Travel出行
- Plaster or decorate walls修饰垣墙
- Build a livestock enclosure造畜稠
- Train cattle or horses教牛马
- No other activities recommended馀事勿取
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Nothing is considered suitable诸事不宜
Month 3 · 29 days
31 March 2033–28 April 2033. 5 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Dragon Boat Festival
1 June 2033 · 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 2033 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 3/7
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 23 April 2033
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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 Dragon · 甲辰— 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 Earth · Wù 戊 (primary)
- Yin Wood · Yǐ 乙 (middle)
- Yin Water · Guǐ 癸 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yang Fire Dragon · 丙辰— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yin Water Ox · 癸丑— Earth controls Water; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Covered-lamp Fire · 覆灯火— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Fire.
- Day animal 生肖
- Dragon · 龙— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Earth Dog · 戊戌— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Root · 氐— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.East palace (东) · Raccoon dog creature (貉) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Establish · 建— 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 weeping, saying another bereavement may follow.辰不哭泣必主重丧Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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