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Lunar 15/1 of the Đinh Mùi year falls on Saturday, 20/02/2027
20/02/2027 is First Full Moon Festival (Tết Nguyên Tiêu), Trần Temple Seal-Opening Ceremony, Thiên Hậu Temple Festival, Thủ Dầu Một. 110 days from today. It is a hắc đạo (inauspicious) day under Bạch Hổ, day officer Định, in the solar term Vũ Thủy. Good for: sign contracts, move into a home; weddings, accepting a post; handle home matters, care for family. Avoid: lawsuits; travelling, relocating; taking on other people's load.
- Solar date
- 20/02/2027
- Lunar date
- 15/1, Đinh Mùi year
- Day stem and branch
- Canh Ngọ
- Observance
- First Full Moon Festival (Tết Nguyên Tiêu)
- Auspicious hours
- Tý, Sửu, Mão, Ngọ, Thân, Dậu
- Julian day number N of 20/02/20272461457
- Day 1: the date of the latest new moon (UTC+7)06/02/2027
- Lunar day = N - N(day 1) + 12461457 - 2461443 + 1 = 15
- Lunar month, counted from month 11 (the one with the winter solstice)month 1
- Lunar year 2027: (2027 - 4) mod 10, mod 12Đinh Mùi
- Lunar dateday 15 of month 1, Đinh Mùi year
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Full Moon of the First Lunar Month - Tết Nguyên Tiêu: Why It Is Considered the Most Significant Full Moon of the Year and What to Prepare for the Offering Tray
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Can You Celebrate the Full Moon of the First Lunar Month on the 13th or 14th, and Where Does the Early Offering Custom Come From?
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How to Arrange the Full Moon of the First Lunar Month Offering Tray for the Family: What to Offer, How Many Trays, How to Place Them
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Offering for the Full Moon of the First Lunar Month on the 14th or 15th, and at What Hour? A Complete Understanding and Practice
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Làm Chay Festival in Tầm Vu, Tây Ninh: How Do the 15th and 16th of the First Lunar Month Unfold?
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Folk Taboos When Making Offerings on the Full Moon and First Day of the Lunar Month
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Nàng Han - Legendary Female Heroine in the Beliefs of the White Thai People
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The 15th Day of the Tenth Lunar Month - Tết Hạ Nguyên: The Rice Harvest Thanksgiving Festival Few Still Remember
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Cao Đài Founding Day and the Hạ Ngươn Festival on the Full Moon of the Tenth Lunar Month: How Does the Cao Đài Holy See in Tây Ninh Organize Them?
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The End of Rain Retreat and Kathina Robe Offering in Khmer Theravada Buddhism: Meaning, Rituals, and Why It Runs from the Full Moon of the Ninth Lunar Month to the Full Moon of the Tenth
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Vu Lan Festival: The Season of Filial Piety and the Rose-Pinning Ceremony
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Three Offering Trays on the 15th Day of the 7th Lunar Month: Offerings to Buddha, Ancestors, and Wandering Souls
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Worshipping the God of Wealth on the 10th Day of the First Lunar Month: Origins and How to Prepare the Offering Tray
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