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Monday, May 23, 20162016年5月23日 · 农历四月十七 · 乙巳日

Fourth Lunar Month · Day 17 of the 丙申 Monkey year. A Wood Snake day, Establish, in the season of Grain Buds.

農曆Lunar date

四月十七Fourth Lunar Month · Day 17

丙申年 · the Monkey year

日柱Day pillar

乙巳Yǐ Sì

Yin Wood Snake. Day 42 of the sixty-day cycle.

建除Day officer

建Establish

Officer 1 of twelve. The almanac rhyme counts it among the unfavorable days.

節氣Solar term

小滿Grain Buds

Since May 20, 10:36 PM. Next: Grain in Ear 芒種, Jun 5, 1:48 PM (China time).

月相Moon

Waning Gibbous

98% lit, in Sagittarius.

五行Five-phase

木Wood

The element of the day stem 乙; its traditional color is green 青.

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

19/10/1

The digits of the date added and reduced.

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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.