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Chinese calendar, 16 December 1905
16 December 1905 is lunar month 11, day 20, 1905, the Wood Snake year. The day pillar is Yin Earth Ox. 22 named Yi activities; 5 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waning gibbous.
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December 1905
Lunar date
11th Month · 20th Day
一九〇五年冬月二十
Year of the
Wood generates Fire in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Snake’s fixed element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 20 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1905-12-16
The daily almanac & observances
己丑 Yin Earth Ox
The stem gives Earth; the branch gives Ox.
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
- Make a formal betrothal proposal纳采
- Formalize a betrothal agreement订盟
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Install an incense altar安香
- Move a sacred altar or flame出火
- Travel出行
- Meet relatives and friends会亲友
- Set up a loom's warp经络
- Seek medical care求医
- Treat an illness治病
- Ritual cleansing or removal解除
- Dismantle a structure拆卸
- Lay a foundation起基
- Build or renovate修造
- Begin construction earthworks动土
- Set foundation stones定磉
- Clean the house扫舍
- Plant crops栽种
- Raise livestock牧养
- Build a livestock enclosure造畜稠
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Daoist fasting and offering rites斋醮
- Make structural beams作梁
- Dig a well掘井
- Hold funeral rites行丧
- Burial安葬
Medical care should follow clinical need; do not postpone treatment because of an almanac entry.
Month 11 · 29 days
27 November 1905–25 December 1905. 9 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Winter Solstice
22 December 1905 · 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 1905 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 11/8
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 →
The surrounding month
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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
- Yin Earth Ox · 己丑— 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.
- Yin Earth · Jǐ 己 (primary)
- Yin Water · Guǐ 癸 (middle)
- Yin Metal · Xīn 辛 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yang Earth Rat · 戊子— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yin Wood Snake · 乙巳— Wood generates Fire; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Thunderbolt Fire · 霹雳火— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Fire.
- Day animal 生肖
- Ox · 牛— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Water Goat · 癸未— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Willow · 柳— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.South palace (南) · Roe deer creature (獐) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Remove · 除— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
- Auspicious directions 吉方
- Joy 喜神: Northeast (东北)
- Blessing 福神: North (正北)
- Wealth 财神: North (正北)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against handling agreements, saying both parties may lose.己不破券二比并亡The verse cautions against ceremonial dress, saying the wearer may not return home.丑不冠带主不还乡Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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