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Chinese calendar, 12 September 1956
12 September 1956 is lunar month 8, day 8, 1956, the Fire Monkey year. The day pillar is Yang Water Horse. 8 named Yi activities; 6 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; first quarter.
Wednesday
September 1956
Lunar date
8th Month · 8th Day
一九五六年八月初八
Year of the
Fire restrains Metal in the Five Phases, so the year element is understood as moderating the Monkey’s fixed element.
Moon phase
08:13 · UTC+8
Daily almanac · 1956-09-12
The daily almanac & observances
壬午 Yang Water Horse
The stem gives Water; 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
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Cut hair理发
- Meet relatives and friends会亲友
- Add a member to the household进人口
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Acupuncture or moxibustion针灸
- Place the deceased in a coffin入殓
- Move a coffin移柩
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Visit the sick探病
- Dig a canal开渠
- Burial安葬
- Fell timber伐木
- Build or install a stove作灶
- Move into a new home入宅
Medical care should follow clinical need; do not postpone treatment because of an almanac entry.
Month 8 · 29 days
5 September 1956–3 October 1956. 21 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Mid-Autumn Festival
19 September 1956 · Among Chinese communities in Singapore, families may share mooncakes, pomelo and tea while children carry lanterns, with household practices varying.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
September 1956 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 8/1
First quarter
Lunar 8/8
Full moon
Lunar 8/16
Last quarter
Lunar 8/23
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
- Yang Water Horse · 壬午— 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
- Yin Fire Rooster · 丁酉— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Fire Monkey · 丙申— Fire controls Metal; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Willow Wood · 杨柳木— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Wood.
- Day animal 生肖
- Horse · 马— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Fire Rat · 丙子— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Three Stars · 参— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.West palace (西) · Ape creature (猿) · 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: 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 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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