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Monday, January 21, 19571957年1月21日 · 农历臘月廿一 · 癸巳日

Twelfth Lunar Month · Day 21 of the 丙申 Monkey year. A Water Snake day, Stable, in the season of Major Cold.

農曆Lunar date
臘月廿一Twelfth Lunar Month · Day 21
丙申年 · the Monkey year
日柱Day pillar
癸巳Guǐ Sì
Yin Water Snake. Day 30 of the sixty-day cycle.
建除Day officer
定Stable
Officer 5 of twelve. The almanac rhyme counts it among the usable days.
節氣Solar term
大寒Major Cold
Since Jan 20, 3:38 PM. Next: Start of Spring 立春, Feb 4, 9:54 AM (China time).
月相Moon
Waning Gibbous
69% lit, in Libra.
五行Five-phase
水Water
The element of the day stem 癸; its traditional color is black 黑.
生肖Animal relationships of the Snake day
Clash: Pig
Six harmony Monkey · Three harmony Rooster, Ox · Harm Tiger · Break Monkey
日數Number of the date
26/8
The digits of the date added and reduced.
← January 20, 1957January 1957January 22, 1957 →

The year: 1957 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.