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Chinese calendar, 31 January 2040
31 January 2040 is lunar month 12, day 18, 2039, the Earth Goat year. The day pillar is Yang Earth Horse. 17 named Yi activities; 4 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waning gibbous.
Tuesday
January 2040
Lunar date
12th Month · 18th Day
二〇三九年腊月十八
Year of the
Earth is both the year element and the Goat’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Earth.
Moon phase
Lunar day 18 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 2040-01-31
The daily almanac & observances
戊午 Yang Earth Horse
The stem gives Earth; the branch gives Horse.
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
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Bathe沐浴
- Cut or make clothes裁衣
- Travel出行
- Cut hair理发
- Move residence移徙
- Trap or capture捕捉
- Hunt畋猎
- Release or drain water放水
- Move into a new home入宅
- End the mourning-clothes period除服
- Begin wearing mourning clothes成服
- Reopen a grave for reburial启钻
- Burial安葬
- Move a coffin移柩
- Place the deceased in a coffin入殓
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 12 · 29 days
14 January 2040–11 February 2040. 11 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Lunar New Year's Eve
11 February 2040 · 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 2040 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 11/23
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/8
Full moon
Lunar 12/16
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
- Yang Earth Horse · 戊午— 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.
- Yin Fire · Dīng 丁 (primary)
- Yin Earth · Jǐ 己 (middle)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Fire Ox · 丁丑— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yin Earth Goat · 己未— Earth reinforces Earth; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Heavenly Fire · 天上火— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Fire.
- Day animal 生肖
- Horse · 马— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Water Rat · 壬子— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Encampment · 室— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace (北) · Pig creature (猪) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- Day officer 建除
- Hold · 执— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
- Auspicious directions 吉方
- Joy 喜神: Southeast (东南)
- Blessing 福神: Northeast (东北)
- Wealth 财神: North (正北)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against accepting land, saying it may be inauspicious for the owner.戊不受田田主不祥The verse cautions against roofing a house, saying its owner may have to make changes.午不苫盖屋主更张Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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