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Chinese calendar, 22 January 2039
22 January 2039 is lunar month 12, day 28, 2038, the Earth Horse year. The day pillar is Yang Wood Dragon. 1 named Yi activities; 7 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waning crescent.
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January 2039
Lunar date
12th Month · 28th Day
二〇三八年腊月廿八
Year of the
Fire generates Earth in the Five Phases, so the Horse’s fixed element supports the year element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 28 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 2039-01-22
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
- Level or repair roads平治道涂
- No other activities recommended馀事勿取
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Open a storehouse开仓
- Dispatch goods or funds出货财
- Build a boat造船
- Burial安葬
- Visit the sick探病
Month 12 · 29 days
26 December 2038–23 January 2039. 1 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Lunar New Year's Eve
23 January 2039 · In China, many families share a reunion dinner and stay up late to greet the new year, while the meal and surrounding rituals vary by region.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
January 2039 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 12/8
Full moon
Lunar 12/16
Last quarter
Lunar 12/24
New moon
Lunar 1/1
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 22 January 2039
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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
- Yin Wood Ox · 乙丑— 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
- 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
- Balance · 平— 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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