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Chinese calendar, 26 December 1916
26 December 1916 is lunar month 12, day 2, 1916, the Fire Dragon year. The day pillar is Yin Fire Rooster. 6 named Yi activities; 2 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waxing crescent.
Tuesday
December 1916
Lunar date
12th Month · 2nd Day
一九一六年腊月初二
Year of the
Fire generates Earth in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Dragon’s fixed element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 2 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1916-12-26
The daily almanac & observances
丁酉 Yin Fire Rooster
The stem gives Fire; 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
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 12 · 29 days
25 December 1916–22 January 1917. 27 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Laba Festival
1 January 1917 · 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 1916 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 11/8
Full moon
Lunar 11/15
Last quarter
Lunar 11/24
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/7
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 Fire Rooster · 丁酉— 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
- Yang Metal Rat · 庚子— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Fire Dragon · 丙辰— Fire generates Earth; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Mountain-foot Fire · 山下火— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Fire.
- Day animal 生肖
- Rooster · 鸡— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Metal Rabbit · 辛卯— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Turtle Beak · 觜— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.West palace (西) · Monkey creature (猴) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Receive · 收— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
- Auspicious directions 吉方
- Joy 喜神: South (正南)
- Blessing 福神: Southeast (东南)
- Wealth 财神: Southwest (西南)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against cutting hair, saying sores may appear.丁不剃头头必生疮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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