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Chinese calendar, 18 February 2042
18 February 2042 is lunar month 1, day 28, 2042, the Water Dog year. The day pillar is Yin Fire Pig. 18 named Yi activities; 5 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waning crescent.
Tuesday
February 2042
Lunar date
1st Month · 28th Day
二〇四二年正月廿八
Year of the
Earth restrains Water in the Five Phases, so the Dog’s fixed element is understood as moderating the year element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 28 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 2042-02-18
The daily almanac & observances
丁亥 Yin Fire Pig
The stem gives Fire; 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
- Sculpt or paint sacred images塑绘
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Pray for children求嗣
- Formalize a betrothal agreement订盟
- Make a formal betrothal proposal纳采
- Cut or make clothes裁衣
- Coming-of-age ceremony冠笄
- Dismantle a structure拆卸
- Build or renovate修造
- Begin construction earthworks动土
- Lay a foundation起基
- Install a door安门
- Set up a bed安床
- Move residence移徙
- Build a storehouse造仓
- Make fishing nets结网
- Acquire livestock纳畜
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 1 · 29 days
22 January 2042–19 February 2042. 1 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Qingming Festival
4 April 2042 · In China, Qingming is commonly marked by tending graves and honouring ancestors, while spring outings form another long-standing strand of the day.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
February 2042 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 1/15
Last quarter
Lunar 1/23
New moon
Lunar 2/1
First quarter
Lunar 2/8
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 Fire Pig · 丁亥— 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
- Yang Water Tiger · 壬寅— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Water Dog · 壬戌— Earth controls Water; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Roof Earth · 屋上土— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Earth.
- Day animal 生肖
- Pig · 猪— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Metal Snake · 辛巳— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Tail · 尾— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.East palace (东) · Tiger creature (虎) · 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: South (正南)
- Blessing 福神: Southeast (东南)
- Wealth 财神: Southwest (西南)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against cutting hair, saying sores may appear.丁不剃头头必生疮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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