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Chinese calendar, 16 April 2044

16 April 2044 is lunar month 3, day 19, 2044, the Wood Rat year. The day pillar is Yin Wood Goat. 4 named Yi activities; 2 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waning gibbous.

Solar term

Qīngmíng · Pure Brightness

Since 4 April 2044

16

Saturday

April 2044

Lunar date

3rd Month · 19th Day

二〇四四十九

Year of the

Wood Rat

Yang Wood Rat · 甲子

Water generates Wood in the Five Phases, so the Rat’s fixed element supports the year element.

Solar term

Qīngmíng · Pure Brightness

since 4 April 2044

Moon phase

Waning gibbous

Lunar day 19 · between principal phases

Daily almanac · 2044-04-16

The daily almanac & observances

16 April 2044
Traditional day classification

Inauspicious · Hei Dao

Vermilion Bird 朱雀 · 黑道

Huang Dao and Hei Dao name the day-god cycle. For a particular plan, read its Yi and Ji activities below.

Inside this lunar month

Month 3 · 30 days

29 March 204427 April 2044. 11 days remain after this date.

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Next festival & customs

Dragon Boat Festival

31 May 2044 · 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

April 2044 moon phases

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  1. First quarter

    Lunar 3/8

  2. Full moon

    Lunar 3/15

  3. Last quarter

    Lunar 3/23

  4. New moon

    Lunar 4/1

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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Gregorian dates and corresponding Chinese lunar month and day for April 2044
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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 Wood Goat · 乙未— 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 · (primary)
  • Yin Fire · Dīng (middle)
  • Yin Wood · (residual)
Month pillar 月柱
Yang Earth Dragon · 戊辰— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
Year pillar 年柱
Yang Wood Rat · 甲子Water generates Wood; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
Day Na Yin 纳音
Sand Metal · 沙中金— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Metal.
Day animal 生肖
Goat · — the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
Opposes 冲
Yin Earth Ox · 己丑— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
Lunar mansion 宿
Girl · — this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace () · Bat creature () · traditionally unfavourable ()
Day officer 建除
Balance · — 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: Northeast (东北)
Three traditional direction markers determined by this date’s heavenly stem.
Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
The verse cautions against planting, saying even many plants may not grow.乙不栽植千株不长The verse cautions against taking medicine, saying harm may enter the body.未不服药毒气入肠Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.Do not skip or delay prescribed medicine because of a traditional verse.

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