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Chinese calendar, 11 March 2043
11 March 2043 is lunar month 2, day 1, 2043, the Water Pig year. The day pillar is Yin Water Ox. 20 named Yi activities; 4 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; new moon.
Wednesday
March 2043
Lunar date
2nd Month · 1st Day
二〇四三年二月初一
Year of the
Water is both the year element and the Pig’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Water.
Moon phase
17:09 · UTC+8
Daily almanac · 2043-03-11
The daily almanac & observances
癸丑 Yin Water Ox
The stem gives Water; the branch gives Ox.
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
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Pray for children求嗣
- Travel出行
- Ritual cleansing or removal解除
- Fell timber伐木
- Roof or build a house盖屋
- Lay a foundation起基
- Build or renovate修造
- Erect construction scaffolding架马
- Install a door安门
- Move residence移徙
- Move into a new home入宅
- Build a temple造庙
- End the mourning-clothes period除服
- Begin wearing mourning clothes成服
- Move a coffin移柩
- Thanksgiving rite after building谢土
- Acquire livestock纳畜
- Raise livestock牧养
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 2 · 30 days
11 March 2043–9 April 2043. 29 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Qingming Festival
5 April 2043 · 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
March 2043 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 1/23
New moon
Lunar 2/1
First quarter
Lunar 2/8
Full moon
Lunar 2/15
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 11 March 2043
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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 Water Ox · 癸丑— 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 Earth · Jǐ 己 (primary)
- Yin Water · Guǐ 癸 (middle)
- Yin Metal · Xīn 辛 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Wood Rabbit · 乙卯— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yin Water Pig · 癸亥— Water reinforces Water; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Mulberry Wood · 桑柘木— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Wood.
- Day animal 生肖
- Ox · 牛— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Fire Goat · 丁未— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Chariot · 轸— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.South palace (南) · Earthworm creature (蚓) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- Day officer 建除
- Open · 开— 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: South (正南)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against lawsuits, saying one’s case may be weaker than the opponent’s.癸不词讼理弱敌强The verse cautions against ceremonial dress, saying the wearer may not return home.丑不冠带主不还乡Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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