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Chinese calendar, 23 December 1902
23 December 1902 is lunar month 11, day 24, 1902, the Water Tiger year. The day pillar is Yang Metal Dragon. 26 named Yi activities; 7 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waning crescent.
Tuesday
December 1902
Lunar date
11th Month · 24th Day
一九〇二年冬月廿四
Year of the
Water generates Wood in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Tiger’s fixed element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 24 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1902-12-23
The daily almanac & observances
庚辰 Yang Metal Dragon
The stem gives Metal; the branch gives Dragon.
Read this stem against your Day Master →Huang Dao and Hei Dao name the day-god cycle. For a particular plan, read its Yi and Ji activities below.
宜 Traditionally suitable
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Coming-of-age ceremony冠笄
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Pray for children求嗣
- Carve or engrave雕刻
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
- Install an incense altar安香
- Travel出行
- Begin school入学
- Build or renovate修造
- Begin construction earthworks动土
- Erect pillars竖柱
- Raise the main roof beam上梁
- Roof or build a house盖屋
- Lay a foundation起基
- Install a door安门
- Move a sacred altar or flame出火
- Move residence移徙
- Move into a new home入宅
- Dig a well掘井
- Build a livestock enclosure造畜稠
- Burial安葬
- Begin burial excavation破土
- End the mourning-clothes period除服
- Begin wearing mourning clothes成服
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 11 · 30 days
30 November 1902–29 December 1902. 6 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Winter Solstice · 冬至
In parts of northern China people eat dumplings, while Shanghai and some southern communities favour tangyuan; other foods and rites vary locally.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
December 1902 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 11/9
Full moon
Lunar 11/16
Last quarter
Lunar 11/23
New moon
Lunar 12/1
Calculated phase moments use fixed UTC+8. A lunar day number and a Moon phase describe different things. How they fit together →
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Explore the days around 23 December 1902
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Calendar terms explained
This day in the traditional cycles
Each result below names this date’s position and explains what the term means.
- Day pillar 日柱
- Yang Metal Dragon · 庚辰— this date’s position in the repeating 60-day stem–branch cycle.Hidden stems are stems conventionally contained in the day pillar’s earthly branch. Primary is the main layer; middle and residual are secondary layers.
- Yang Earth · Wù 戊 (primary)
- Yin Wood · Yǐ 乙 (middle)
- Yin Water · Guǐ 癸 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yang Water Rat · 壬子— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Water Tiger · 壬寅— Water generates Wood; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- White Wax Metal · 白蜡金— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Metal.
- Day animal 生肖
- Dragon · 龙— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Wood Dog · 甲戌— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Wings · 翼— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.South palace (南) · Snake creature (蛇) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Settle · 定— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
- Auspicious directions 吉方
- Joy 喜神: Northwest (西北)
- Blessing 福神: Southwest (西南)
- Wealth 财神: East (正东)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against setting warp and weft, saying the loom may stand empty.庚不经络织机虚张The verse cautions against weeping, saying another bereavement may follow.辰不哭泣必主重丧Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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