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Chinese calendar, 6 May 2049
6 May 2049 is lunar month 4, day 5, 2049, the Earth Snake year. The day pillar is Yin Metal Snake. 2 named Yi activities; a general Ji restriction. 7 auspicious time windows; waxing crescent.
Thursday
May 2049
Lunar date
4th Month · 5th Day
二〇四九年四月初五
Year of the
Fire generates Earth in the Five Phases, so the Snake’s fixed element supports the year element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 5 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 2049-05-06
The daily almanac & observances
辛巳 Yin Metal Snake
The stem gives Metal; the branch gives Snake.
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
- Ritual cleansing or removal解除
- Clean the house扫舍
- No other activities recommended馀事勿取
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Nothing is considered suitable诸事不宜
Month 4 · 29 days
2 May 2049–30 May 2049. 24 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Dragon Boat Festival
4 June 2049 · 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
May 2049 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 4/1
First quarter
Lunar 4/9
Full moon
Lunar 4/16
Last quarter
Lunar 4/23
New moon
Lunar 5/1
Calculated phase moments use fixed UTC+8. A lunar day number and a Moon phase describe different things. How they fit together →
The surrounding month
Explore the days around 6 May 2049
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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 Metal Snake · 辛巳— 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 Fire · Bǐng 丙 (primary)
- Yang Metal · Gēng 庚 (middle)
- Yang Earth · Wù 戊 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Earth Snake · 己巳— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yin Earth Snake · 己巳— Fire generates Earth; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- White Wax Metal · 白蜡金— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Metal.
- Day animal 生肖
- Snake · 蛇— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Wood Pig · 乙亥— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Dipper · 斗— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace (北) · Xiezhi creature (獬) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- Day officer 建除
- Establish · 建— 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)
- 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 long travel, saying possessions may be hidden or lost.巳不远行财物伏藏Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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