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Chinese calendar, 19 December 1942
19 December 1942 is lunar month 11, day 12, 1942, the Water Horse year. The day pillar is Yang Fire Horse. 3 named Yi activities; a general Ji restriction. 6 auspicious time windows; waxing gibbous.
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December 1942
Lunar date
11th Month · 12th Day
一九四二年冬月十二
Year of the
Water restrains Fire in the Five Phases, so the year element is understood as moderating the Horse’s fixed element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 12 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1942-12-19
The daily almanac & observances
丙午 Yang Fire Horse
The stem gives Fire; the branch gives Horse.
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
- Treat an illness治病
- Demolish a building破屋
- Demolish a wall坏垣
- No other activities recommended馀事勿取
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Nothing is considered suitable诸事不宜
Medical care should follow clinical need; do not postpone treatment because of an almanac entry.
Month 11 · 29 days
8 December 1942–5 January 1943. 17 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Winter Solstice
22 December 1942 · 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 1942 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 10/24
New moon
Lunar 11/1
First quarter
Lunar 11/8
Full moon
Lunar 11/15
Last quarter
Lunar 11/24
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
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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 Horse · 丙午— 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 Fire · Dīng 丁 (primary)
- Yin Earth · Jǐ 己 (middle)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yang Water Rat · 壬子— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Water Horse · 壬午— Water controls Fire; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Heavenly River Water · 天河水— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Water.
- Day animal 生肖
- Horse · 马— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Metal Rat · 庚子— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Stomach · 胃— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.West palace (西) · Boar creature (彘) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- Day officer 建除
- Break · 破— 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 roofing a house, saying its owner may have to make changes.午不苫盖屋主更张Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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19 December 1942 corresponds to lunar year 1942, month 11, day 12, in the 壬午 year — the Year of the Horse. You can enter another date in the date converter.
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