The Chinese almanac · 黄历

Thursday, January 29, 19591959年1月29日 · 农历臘月廿一 · 辛亥日

Twelfth Lunar Month · Day 21 of the 戊戌 Dog year. A Metal Pig day, Open, in the season of Major Cold.

農曆Lunar date

臘月廿一Twelfth Lunar Month · Day 21

戊戌年 · the Dog year

日柱Day pillar

辛亥Xīn Hài

Yin Metal Pig. Day 48 of the sixty-day cycle.

建除Day officer

開Open

Officer 11 of twelve. The almanac rhyme counts it among the usable days.

節氣Solar term

大寒Major Cold

Since Jan 21, 3:19 AM. Next: Start of Spring 立春, Feb 4, 9:42 PM (China time).

月相Moon

Waning Gibbous

78% lit, in Virgo, Libra from Jan 29, 4:53 AM.

五行Five-phase

金Metal

The element of the day stem 辛; its traditional color is white 白.

生肖Animal relationships of the Pig day

Clash: Snake

Six harmony Tiger · Three harmony Rabbit, Goat · Harm Monkey · Break Tiger

日數Number of the date

36/9

The digits of the date added and reduced.

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The year: 1959 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.