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Chinese calendar, 20 July 2048

20 July 2048 is lunar month 6, day 10, 2048, the Earth Dragon year. The day pillar is Yin Metal Rabbit. 25 named Yi activities; 4 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waxing gibbous.

Solar term

Xiǎoshǔ · Minor Heat

Since 6 July 2048

20

Monday

July 2048

Lunar date

6th Month · 10th Day

二〇四八初十

Year of the

Earth Dragon

Yang Earth Dragon · 戊辰

Earth is both the year element and the Dragon’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Earth.

Solar term

Xiǎoshǔ · Minor Heat

since 6 July 2048

Moon phase

Waxing gibbous

Lunar day 10 · between principal phases

Daily almanac · 2048-07-20

The daily almanac & observances

20 July 2048
Traditional day classification

Auspicious · Huang Dao

Heavenly Virtue 天德 · 黄道

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 6 · 30 days

11 July 20489 August 2048. 20 days remain after this date.

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Next festival & customs

Qixi

16 August 2048 · Across documented Chinese traditions, women and girls have set out seasonal fruit and held needlework or other skill contests, though forms differ sharply by region and many have faded.

The Moon this month · UTC+8

July 2048 moon phases

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  1. Last quarter

    Lunar 5/23

  2. New moon

    Lunar 6/1

  3. First quarter

    Lunar 6/9

  4. Full moon

    Lunar 6/15

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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Gregorian dates and corresponding Chinese lunar month and day for July 2048
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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 Metal Rabbit · 辛卯— 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 Wood · (primary)
Month pillar 月柱
Yin Earth Goat · 己未— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
Year pillar 年柱
Yang Earth Dragon · 戊辰Earth reinforces Earth; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
Day Na Yin 纳音
Pine and Cypress Wood · 松柏木— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Wood.
Day animal 生肖
Rabbit · — the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
Opposes 冲
Yin Wood Rooster · 乙酉— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
Lunar mansion 宿
Extended Net · — this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.South palace () · Deer creature (鹿) · traditionally favourable ()
Day officer 建除
Complete · — determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
Auspicious directions 吉方
  • Joy 喜神: Southwest (西南)
  • Blessing 福神: Northwest (西北)
  • Wealth 财神: East (正东)
Three traditional direction markers determined by this date’s heavenly stem.
Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
The verse cautions against making sauce, saying the household may not taste it.辛不合酱主人不尝The verse cautions against digging a well, saying the water may not be sweet.卯不穿井水泉不香Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.

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