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Chinese calendar, 3 December 1958
3 December 1958 is lunar month 10, day 23, 1958, the Earth Dog year. The day pillar is Yang Wood Tiger. 21 named Yi activities; 4 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waning gibbous.
Wednesday
December 1958
Lunar date
10th Month · 23rd Day
一九五八年十月廿三
Year of the
Earth is both the year element and the Dog’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Earth.
Moon phase
Lunar day 23 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1958-12-03
The daily almanac & observances
甲寅 Yang Wood Tiger
The stem gives Wood; the branch gives Tiger.
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
- Make a formal betrothal proposal纳采
- Move residence移徙
- Receive funds纳财
- Open a business or market开市
- Trade交易
- Sign a contract立券
- Move into a new home入宅
- Build or renovate修造
- Begin construction earthworks动土
- Erect pillars竖柱
- Lay a foundation起基
- Set foundation stones定磉
- Build a temple造庙
- Install an incense altar安香
- Move a sacred altar or flame出火
- Plaster or decorate walls修饰垣墙
- Level or repair roads平治道涂
- Meet relatives and friends会亲友
- Travel出行
- Dig a pond开池
- Dig or open a latrine开厕
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Open a storehouse开仓
- Roof or build a house盖屋
- Build a bridge造桥
- Ritual offerings祭祀
Month 10 · 30 days
11 November 1958–10 December 1958. 7 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Winter Solstice
22 December 1958 · 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 1958 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 10/24
New moon
Lunar 11/1
First quarter
Lunar 11/8
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
- Yang Wood Tiger · 甲寅— 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.
- Yang Wood · Jiǎ 甲 (primary)
- Yang Fire · Bǐng 丙 (middle)
- Yang Earth · Wù 戊 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Water Pig · 癸亥— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Earth Dog · 戊戌— Earth reinforces Earth; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Great Stream Water · 大溪水— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Water.
- Day animal 生肖
- Tiger · 虎— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Earth Monkey · 戊申— 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
- Balance · 平— 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: Northeast (东北)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against opening a storehouse, saying possessions may be lost.甲不开仓财物耗散The verse cautions against ritual offerings, saying spirits may not receive them.寅不祭祀神鬼不尝Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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