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Chinese calendar, 21 October 1938
21 October 1938 is lunar month 8, day 28, 1938, the Earth Tiger year. The day pillar is Yang Fire Dog. 22 named Yi activities; 5 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waning crescent.
Friday
October 1938
Lunar date
8th Month · 28th Day
一九三八年八月廿八
Year of the
Wood restrains Earth in the Five Phases, so the Tiger’s fixed element is understood as moderating the year element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 28 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1938-10-21
The daily almanac & observances
丙戌 Yang Fire Dog
The stem gives Fire; the branch gives Dog.
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
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Pray for children求嗣
- Acquire property置产
- Seek medical care求医
- Treat an illness治病
- Open a business or market开市
- Trade交易
- Sign a contract立券
- Meet relatives and friends会亲友
- Move residence移徙
- Erect pillars竖柱
- Raise the main roof beam上梁
- Roof or build a house盖屋
- Join the roof ridge合脊
- Install a door安门
- Release or drain water放水
- Trap or capture捕捉
- Acquire livestock纳畜
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Build a temple造庙
- Build a boat造船
- Begin construction earthworks动土
- Begin burial excavation破土
- Burial安葬
Medical care should follow clinical need; do not postpone treatment because of an almanac entry.
Month 8 · 29 days
24 September 1938–22 October 1938. 1 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Double Ninth Festival
31 October 1938 · In Hong Kong, families may visit ancestral graves or hike and picnic in the hills on Chung Yeung, while observance varies across communities.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
October 1938 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 8/8
Full moon
Lunar 8/16
Last quarter
Lunar 8/23
New moon
Lunar 9/1
First quarter
Lunar 9/9
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
- Yang Fire Dog · 丙戌— 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 Earth · Wù 戊 (primary)
- Yin Metal · Xīn 辛 (middle)
- Yin Fire · Dīng 丁 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yang Water Dog · 壬戌— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Earth Tiger · 戊寅— Wood controls Earth; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Roof Earth · 屋上土— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Earth.
- Day animal 生肖
- Dog · 狗— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Metal Dragon · 庚辰— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Ox · 牛— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace (北) · Ox creature (牛) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Establish · 建— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
- Auspicious directions 吉方
- Joy 喜神: Southwest (西南)
- Blessing 福神: Northwest (西北)
- Wealth 财神: Southwest (西南)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against repairing a stove, saying misfortune may follow.丙不修灶必见灾殃The verse cautions against eating dog meat, saying strange disturbances may reach the bed.戌不吃犬作怪上床Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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