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Chinese calendar, 13 May 2038
13 May 2038 is lunar month 4, day 10, 2038, the Earth Horse year. The day pillar is Yang Metal Tiger. 12 named Yi activities; 9 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waxing gibbous.
Thursday
May 2038
Lunar date
4th Month · 10th Day
二〇三八年四月初十
Year of the
Fire generates Earth in the Five Phases, so the Horse’s fixed element supports the year element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 10 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 2038-05-13
The daily almanac & observances
庚寅 Yang Metal Tiger
The stem gives Metal; the branch gives Tiger.
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
Month 4 · 30 days
4 May 2038–2 June 2038. 20 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Dragon Boat Festival
7 June 2038 · 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
May 2038 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 4/1
First quarter
Lunar 4/9
Full moon
Lunar 4/16
Last quarter
Lunar 4/23
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 13 May 2038
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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 Tiger · 庚寅— 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 Wood · Jiǎ 甲 (primary)
- Yang Fire · Bǐng 丙 (middle)
- Yang Earth · Wù 戊 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Fire Snake · 丁巳— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Earth Horse · 戊午— Fire generates Earth; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Pine and Cypress Wood · 松柏木— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Wood.
- Day animal 生肖
- Tiger · 虎— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Wood Monkey · 甲申— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Horn · 角— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.East palace (东) · Flood dragon creature (蛟) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- Day officer 建除
- Receive · 收— 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 ritual offerings, saying spirits may not receive them.寅不祭祀神鬼不尝Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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