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Chinese calendar, 30 December 1908
30 December 1908 is lunar month 12, day 8, 1908, the Earth Monkey year. The day pillar is Yin Earth Goat. 14 named Yi activities; 4 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; first quarter.
Wednesday
December 1908
Lunar date
12th Month · 8th Day
一九〇八年腊月初八
Year of the
Earth generates Metal in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Monkey’s fixed element.
Moon phase
13:40 · UTC+8
Daily almanac · 1908-12-30
The daily almanac & observances
己未 Yin Earth Goat
The stem gives Earth; the branch gives Goat.
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
- Set up a bed安床
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Pray for children求嗣
- Coming-of-age ceremony冠笄
- Fell timber伐木
- Erect construction scaffolding架马
- Begin construction earthworks动土
- Dig a pond开池
- Dig or open a latrine开厕
- Make fishing nets结网
- Place the deceased in a coffin入殓
- End the mourning-clothes period除服
- Begin wearing mourning clothes成服
忌 Traditionally avoid
Medical care should follow clinical need; do not postpone treatment because of an almanac entry.
Month 12 · 30 days
23 December 1908–21 January 1909. 22 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Laba Festival · 腊八节
In many parts of China, Laba is marked with multigrain porridge, while ingredients and related foods such as pickled garlic differ by region.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
December 1908 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 11/8
Full moon
Lunar 11/15
Last quarter
Lunar 11/23
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/8
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
Explore the days around 30 December 1908
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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 Goat · 己未— 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 Fire · Dīng 丁 (middle)
- Yin Wood · Yǐ 乙 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yang Wood Rat · 甲子— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Earth Monkey · 戊申— Earth generates Metal; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Heavenly Fire · 天上火— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Fire.
- Day animal 生肖
- Goat · 羊— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Water Ox · 癸丑— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Wall · 壁— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace (北) · Yu beast creature (獝) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- Day officer 建除
- Danger · 危— 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 taking medicine, saying harm may enter the body.未不服药毒气入肠Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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