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Chinese calendar, 28 September 1968
28 September 1968 is lunar month 8, day 7, 1968, the Earth Monkey year. The day pillar is Yin Metal Ox. 12 named Yi activities; 7 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waxing crescent.
Saturday
September 1968
Lunar date
8th Month · 7th Day
一九六八年八月初七
Year of the
Earth generates Metal in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Monkey’s fixed element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 7 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1968-09-28
The daily almanac & observances
辛丑 Yin Metal Ox
The stem gives Metal; the branch gives Ox.
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
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Pray for children求嗣
- Daoist fasting and offering rites斋醮
- Build or renovate修造
- Begin construction earthworks动土
- Receive funds纳财
- Build a storehouse造仓
- Dig or open a latrine开厕
- Plant crops栽种
- Raise livestock牧养
- Meet relatives and friends会亲友
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 8 · 30 days
22 September 1968–21 October 1968. 23 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Mid-Autumn Festival
6 October 1968 · 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 1968 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar leap 7/15
Last quarter
Lunar leap 7/23
New moon
Lunar 8/1
First quarter
Lunar 8/8
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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Explore the days around 28 September 1968
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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 Metal Ox · 辛丑— 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 Water · Guǐ 癸 (middle)
- Yin Metal · Xīn 辛 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Metal Rooster · 辛酉— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Earth Monkey · 戊申— Earth generates Metal; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Wall Earth · 壁上土— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Earth.
- Day animal 生肖
- Ox · 牛— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Wood Goat · 乙未— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Willow · 柳— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.South palace (南) · Roe deer creature (獐) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Settle · 定— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
- Auspicious directions 吉方
- Joy 喜神: Southwest (西南)
- Blessing 福神: Northwest (西北)
- Wealth 财神: East (正东)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against making sauce, saying the household may not taste it.辛不合酱主人不尝The verse cautions against ceremonial dress, saying the wearer may not return home.丑不冠带主不还乡Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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