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Chinese calendar, 19 December 1917

19 December 1917 is lunar month 11, day 6, 1917, the Fire Snake year. The day pillar is Yin Wood Goat. 14 named Yi activities; 5 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waxing crescent.

Solar term

Dàxuě · Major Snow

Since 8 December 1917

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Wednesday

December 1917

Lunar date

11th Month · 6th Day

一九一七初六

Year of the

Fire Snake

Yin Fire Snake · 丁巳

Fire is both the year element and the Snake’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Fire.

Solar term

Dàxuě · Major Snow

since 8 December 1917

Moon phase

Waxing crescent

Lunar day 6 · between principal phases

Daily almanac · 1917-12-19

The daily almanac & observances

19 December 1917
Traditional day classification

Inauspicious · Hei Dao

Gou Chen 勾陈 · 黑道

Huang Dao and Hei Dao name the day-god cycle. For a particular plan, read its Yi and Ji activities below.

Medical care should follow clinical need; do not postpone treatment because of an almanac entry.

Inside this lunar month

Month 11 · 30 days

14 December 191712 January 1918. 24 days remain after this date.

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Next festival & customs

Winter Solstice

22 December 1917 · 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 1917 moon phases

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  1. Last quarter

    Lunar 10/22

  2. New moon

    Lunar 11/1

  3. First quarter

    Lunar 11/8

  4. Full moon

    Lunar 11/15

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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Gregorian dates and corresponding Chinese lunar month and day for December 1917
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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 Wood Goat · 乙未— 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 · (primary)
  • Yin Fire · Dīng (middle)
  • Yin Wood · (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
Yin Fire Snake · 丁巳Fire reinforces Fire; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
Day Na Yin 纳音
Sand Metal · 沙中金— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Metal.
Day animal 生肖
Goat · — the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
Opposes 冲
Yin Earth Ox · 己丑— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
Lunar mansion 宿
Wall · — this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace () · Yu beast creature () · traditionally favourable ()
Day officer 建除
Danger · — 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: Northeast (东北)
Three traditional direction markers determined by this date’s heavenly stem.
Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
The verse cautions against planting, saying even many plants may not grow.乙不栽植千株不长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.Do not skip or delay prescribed medicine because of a traditional verse.

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