Daily calendar conversion
Chinese calendar, 16 November 1938
16 November 1938 is lunar month 9, day 25, 1938, the Earth Tiger year. The day pillar is Yang Water Rat. 22 named Yi activities; 6 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waning crescent.
Wednesday
November 1938
Lunar date
9th Month · 25th Day
一九三八年九月廿五
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 25 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1938-11-16
The daily almanac & observances
壬子 Yang Water Rat
The stem gives Water; the branch gives Rat.
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
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Build a vehicle or carriage造车器
- Travel出行
- Meet relatives and friends会亲友
- Move residence移徙
- Move into a new home入宅
- Build or renovate修造
- Begin construction earthworks动土
- Carve or engrave雕刻
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
- Install an incense altar安香
- Move a sacred altar or flame出火
- Cut hair理发
- Roof or build a house盖屋
- Join the roof ridge合脊
- Lay a foundation起基
- Place a roof beam归岫
- Install a door安门
- Dismantle a structure拆卸
- Clean the house扫舍
- Plant crops栽种
- Build a livestock enclosure造畜稠
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Open a business or market开市
- Make a formal betrothal proposal纳采
- Build a temple造庙
- Set up a bed安床
- Dig a canal开渠
- Burial安葬
Month 9 · 30 days
23 October 1938–21 November 1938. 5 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Winter Solstice
22 December 1938 · 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
November 1938 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 9/17
Last quarter
Lunar 9/24
New moon
Lunar 10/1
First quarter
Lunar 10/9
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 16 November 1938
Select a day to update its quick overview. Today, the selected date and festivals have separate markers.
| SunSunday | MonMonday | TueTuesday | WedWednesday | ThuThursday | FriFriday | SatSaturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Each cell shows the Gregorian day above its lunar month/day. Select any day to update the quick overview, then open its full reading for more detail.
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 Water Rat · 壬子— 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 Water · Guǐ 癸 (primary)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Water Pig · 癸亥— 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
- Mulberry Wood · 桑柘木— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Wood.
- Day animal 生肖
- Rat · 鼠— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Fire Horse · 丙午— 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
- Remove · 除— 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: South (正南)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against drawing water, saying trouble may be hard to guard against.壬不泱水更难提防The verse cautions against divination, saying it may invite trouble.子不问卜自惹祸殃Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
Keep the result
Share this conversion
Use the result
Plan another date
16 November 1938 corresponds to lunar year 1938, month 9, day 25, in the 戊寅 year — the Year of the Tiger. You can enter another date in the date converter.
A solar term is one of twenty-four seasonal divisions of the year. The Moon phase follows the astronomical cycle independently of the numbered lunar day.
Looking for a date-selection overview? The almanac guide introduces the calendar’s auspicious-date tools and terminology.