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Chinese calendar, 14 December 1955
14 December 1955 is lunar month 11, day 1, 1955, the Wood Goat year. The day pillar is Yin Earth Rooster. 3 named Yi activities; 11 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; new moon.
Wednesday
December 1955
Lunar date
11th Month · 1st Day
一九五五年冬月初一
Year of the
Wood restrains Earth in the Five Phases, so the year element is understood as moderating the Goat’s fixed element.
Moon phase
15:07 · UTC+8
Daily almanac · 1955-12-14
The daily almanac & observances
己酉 Yin Earth Rooster
The stem gives Earth; 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
14 December 1955–12 January 1956. 29 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Winter Solstice
22 December 1955 · 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 1955 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 10/23
New moon
Lunar 11/1
First quarter
Lunar 11/9
Full moon
Lunar 11/16
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 Earth Rooster · 己酉— 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
- Yin Wood Goat · 乙未— Wood controls Earth; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Great Post-road Earth · 大驿土— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Earth.
- Day animal 生肖
- Rooster · 鸡— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Water Rabbit · 癸卯— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Chariot · 轸— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.South palace (南) · Earthworm creature (蚓) · 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: Northeast (东北)
- Blessing 福神: North (正北)
- Wealth 财神: North (正北)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against handling agreements, saying both parties may lose.己不破券二比并亡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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