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Chinese calendar, 3 January 1960
3 January 1960 is lunar month 12, day 5, 1959, the Earth Pig year. The day pillar is Yang Metal Tiger. 25 named Yi activities; 3 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waxing crescent.
Sunday
January 1960
Lunar date
12th Month · 5th Day
一九五九年腊月初五
Year of the
Earth restrains Water in the Five Phases, so the year element is understood as moderating the Pig’s fixed element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 5 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1960-01-03
The daily almanac & observances
庚寅 Yang Metal Tiger
The stem gives Metal; 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
- Receive funds纳财
- Open a business or market开市
- Trade交易
- Sign a contract立券
- Meet relatives and friends会亲友
- Add a member to the household进人口
- Set up a loom's warp经络
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Install an incense altar安香
- Move a sacred altar or flame出火
- Seek medical care求医
- Treat an illness治病
- Build or renovate修造
- Begin construction earthworks动土
- Dismantle a structure拆卸
- Clean the house扫舍
- Set up a bed安床
- Plant crops栽种
- Raise livestock牧养
- Prepare a grave in advance开生坟
- Make a coffin合寿木
- Place the deceased in a coffin入殓
- Burial安葬
- Reopen a grave for reburial启钻
忌 Traditionally avoid
Medical care should follow clinical need; do not postpone treatment because of an almanac entry.
Month 12 · 29 days
30 December 1959–27 January 1960. 24 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Laba Festival
6 January 1960 · In many parts of China, Laba is marked with multigrain porridge, while ingredients and related foods such as pickled garlic differ by region.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
January 1960 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 12/8
Full moon
Lunar 12/16
Last quarter
Lunar 12/23
New moon
Lunar 1/1
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 Metal Tiger · 庚寅— 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
- Yang Fire Rat · 丙子— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yin Earth Pig · 己亥— Earth controls Water; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Pine and Cypress Wood · 松柏木— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Wood.
- Day animal 生肖
- Tiger · 虎— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Wood Monkey · 甲申— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Star · 星— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.South palace (南) · Horse creature (马) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Full · 满— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
- Auspicious directions 吉方
- Joy 喜神: Northwest (西北)
- Blessing 福神: Southwest (西南)
- Wealth 财神: East (正东)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against setting warp and weft, saying the loom may stand empty.庚不经络织机虚张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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