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Tuesday, May 8, 19171917年5月8日 · 农历三月十八 · 庚戌日

Third Lunar Month · Day 18 of the 丁巳 Snake year. A Metal Dog day, Initiate, in the season of Start of Summer.

農曆Lunar date
三月十八Third Lunar Month · Day 18
丁巳年 · the Snake year
日柱Day pillar
庚戌Gēng Xū
Yang Metal Dog. Day 47 of the sixty-day cycle.
建除Day officer
執Initiate
Officer 6 of twelve. The almanac rhyme counts it among the usable days.
節氣Solar term
立夏Start of Summer
Since May 6, 10:45 AM. Next: Grain Buds 小滿, May 21, 11:58 PM (China time).
月相Moon
Waning Gibbous
99% lit, in Scorpio, Sagittarius from May 8, 11:43 AM.
五行Five-phase
金Metal
The element of the day stem 庚; its traditional color is white 白.
生肖Animal relationships of the Dog day
Clash: Dragon
Six harmony Rabbit · Three harmony Tiger, Horse · Harm Rooster · Break Goat
日數Number of the date
31/4
The digits of the date added and reduced.
← May 7, 1917May 1917May 9, 1917 →

The year: 1917 Chinese zodiac, Lunar New Year and the 24 solar terms.

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Calculated by Daily Alignment from astronomical positions (astronomy-engine), China Standard Time, following the national standard for the Chinese calendar (GB/T 33661-2017). How each figure is made: methodology. Facts only: no predictions.