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Chinese calendar, 13 January 1916
13 January 1916 is lunar month 12, day 9, 1915, the Wood Rabbit year. The day pillar is Yin Earth Rooster. 6 named Yi activities; 6 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waxing gibbous.
Thursday
January 1916
Lunar date
12th Month · 9th Day
一九一五年腊月初九
Year of the
Wood is both the year element and the Rabbit’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Wood.
Moon phase
Lunar day 9 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1916-01-13
The daily almanac & observances
己酉 Yin Earth Rooster
The stem gives Earth; the branch gives Rooster.
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
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Bathe沐浴
- Repair a wall补垣
- Seal openings塞穴
- Seal ant holes断蚁
- Ritual cleansing or removal解除
- No other activities recommended馀事勿取
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Build a temple造庙
- Move into a new home入宅
- Build or renovate修造
- Burial安葬
- Hold funeral rites行丧
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
Month 12 · 29 days
5 January 1916–2 February 1916. 20 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Lunar New Year's Eve
2 February 1916 · In China, many families share a reunion dinner and stay up late to greet the new year, while the meal and surrounding rituals vary by region.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
January 1916 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/8
Full moon
Lunar 12/16
Last quarter
Lunar 12/24
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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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 Rooster · 己酉— 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 Metal · Xīn 辛 (primary)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Earth Ox · 己丑— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yin Wood Rabbit · 乙卯— Wood reinforces Wood; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Great Post-road Earth · 大驿土— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Earth.
- Day animal 生肖
- Rooster · 鸡— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Water Rabbit · 癸卯— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Dipper · 斗— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace (北) · Xiezhi creature (獬) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- Day officer 建除
- Complete · 成— 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 receiving guests, saying drunken disorder may follow.酉不会客醉坐颠狂Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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