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Chinese calendar, 22 December 1953
22 December 1953 is lunar month 11, day 17, 1953, the Water Snake year. The day pillar is Yin Fire Goat. 15 named Yi activities; 6 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waning gibbous.
Tuesday
December 1953
Lunar date
11th Month · 17th Day
一九五三年冬月十七
Year of the
Water restrains Fire in the Five Phases, so the year element is understood as moderating the Snake’s fixed element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 17 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1953-12-22
The daily almanac & observances
丁未 Yin Fire Goat
The stem gives Fire; the branch gives Goat.
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
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Pray for children求嗣
- Daoist fasting and offering rites斋醮
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
- Begin school入学
- Formalize a betrothal agreement订盟
- Coming-of-age ceremony冠笄
- Fell timber伐木
- Build or renovate修造
- Begin construction earthworks动土
- Lay a foundation起基
- Release or drain water放水
- Trade交易
- Dig a pond开池
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Build a bridge造桥
- Install a door安门
- Cut hair理发
- Build a temple造庙
- Plant crops栽种
- Build or install a stove作灶
Month 11 · 30 days
6 December 1953–4 January 1954. 13 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Winter Solstice · 冬至
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 1953 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 11/1
First quarter
Lunar 11/9
Full moon
Lunar 11/15
Last quarter
Lunar 11/23
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 Fire Goat · 丁未— 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 Earth · Jǐ 己 (primary)
- Yin Fire · Dīng 丁 (middle)
- Yin Wood · Yǐ 乙 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yang Wood Rat · 甲子— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yin Water Snake · 癸巳— 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
- Goat · 羊— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Metal Ox · 辛丑— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Tail · 尾— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.East palace (东) · Tiger creature (虎) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- Day officer 建除
- Danger · 危— 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: Southwest (西南)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against cutting hair, saying sores may appear.丁不剃头头必生疮The verse cautions against taking medicine, saying harm may enter the body.未不服药毒气入肠Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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