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Chinese calendar, 8 December 1940
8 December 1940 is lunar month 11, day 10, 1940, the Metal Dragon year. The day pillar is Yin Wood Rooster. 8 named Yi activities; 4 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waxing gibbous.
Sunday
December 1940
Lunar date
11th Month · 10th Day
一九四〇年冬月初十
Year of the
Earth generates Metal in the Five Phases, so the Dragon’s fixed element supports the year element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 10 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1940-12-08
The daily almanac & observances
乙酉 Yin Wood Rooster
The stem gives Wood; 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 11 · 30 days
29 November 1940–28 December 1940. 20 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Winter Solstice
22 December 1940 · 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 1940 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 11/9
Full moon
Lunar 11/17
Last quarter
Lunar 11/24
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 →
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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 Rooster · 乙酉— 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 Earth Rat · 戊子— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Metal Dragon · 庚辰— Earth generates Metal; 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
- Rooster · 鸡— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Earth Rabbit · 己卯— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Room · 房— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.East palace (东) · Rabbit creature (兔) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- 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: Northwest (西北)
- Blessing 福神: Southwest (西南)
- Wealth 财神: Northeast (东北)
- 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 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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