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Friday, May 8, 20262026年5月8日 · 农历三月廿二 · 壬午日

Third Lunar Month · Day 22 of the 丙午 Horse year. A Water Horse day, Remove, in the season of Start of Summer.

農曆Lunar date
三月廿二Third Lunar Month · Day 22
丙午年 · the Horse year
日柱Day pillar
壬午Rén Wǔ
Yang Water Horse. Day 19 of the sixty-day cycle.
建除Day officer
除Remove
Officer 2 of twelve. The almanac rhyme counts it among the usable days.
節氣Solar term
立夏Start of Summer
Since May 5, 7:49 PM. Next: Grain Buds 小滿, May 21, 8:37 AM (China time).
月相Moon
Waning Gibbous
67% lit, in Capricorn, Aquarius from May 8, 3:27 PM.
五行Five-phase
水Water
The element of the day stem 壬; its traditional color is black 黑.
生肖Animal relationships of the Horse day
Clash: Rat
Six harmony Goat · Three harmony Tiger, Dog · Harm Ox · Break Rabbit
日數Number of the date
23/5
The digits of the date added and reduced.
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