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Chinese calendar, 31 December 1924
31 December 1924 is lunar month 12, day 6, 1924, the Wood Rat year. The day pillar is Yang Wood Monkey. 30 named Yi activities; 5 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waxing crescent.
Wednesday
December 1924
Lunar date
12th Month · 6th Day
一九二四年腊月初六
Year of the
Water generates Wood in the Five Phases, so the Rat’s fixed element supports the year element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 6 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1924-12-31
The daily almanac & observances
甲申 Yang Wood Monkey
The stem gives Wood; the branch gives Monkey.
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
- Move residence移徙
- Move into a new home入宅
- Travel出行
- Install machinery安机械
- Meet relatives and friends会亲友
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Daoist fasting and offering rites斋醮
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
- Install an incense altar安香
- Move a sacred altar or flame出火
- Ritual cleansing or removal解除
- Seek medical care求医
- Acupuncture or moxibustion针灸
- Treat an illness治病
- Roof or build a house盖屋
- Lay a foundation起基
- Build or renovate修造
- Install a door安门
- Build a boat造船
- Acquire livestock纳畜
- Raise livestock牧养
- Move a coffin移柩
- Place the deceased in a coffin入殓
- Reopen a grave for reburial启钻
- Thanksgiving rite after building谢土
- Repair a grave修坟
- Erect a memorial stone立碑
忌 Traditionally avoid
Medical care should follow clinical need; do not postpone treatment because of an almanac entry.
Month 12 · 29 days
26 December 1924–23 January 1925. 23 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Laba Festival
2 January 1925 · 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 1924 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 11/7
Full moon
Lunar 11/15
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
Explore the days around 31 December 1924
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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
- Yang Wood Monkey · 甲申— 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.
- Yang Metal · Gēng 庚 (primary)
- Yang Water · Rén 壬 (middle)
- Yang Earth · Wù 戊 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yang Fire Rat · 丙子— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Wood Rat · 甲子— Water generates Wood; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Spring Water · 泉中水— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Water.
- Day animal 生肖
- Monkey · 猴— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Earth Tiger · 戊寅— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Winnowing Basket · 箕— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.East palace (东) · Leopard creature (豹) · 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: Northeast (东北)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against opening a storehouse, saying possessions may be lost.甲不开仓财物耗散The verse cautions against positioning a bed, saying spirits may enter the room.申不安床鬼祟入房Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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