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Chinese calendar, 7 December 1968
7 December 1968 is lunar month 10, day 18, 1968, the Earth Monkey year. The day pillar is Yin Metal Pig. 11 named Yi activities; 6 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waning gibbous.
Saturday
December 1968
Lunar date
10th Month · 18th Day
一九六八年十月十八
Year of the
Earth generates Metal in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Monkey’s fixed element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 18 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1968-12-07
The daily almanac & observances
辛亥 Yin Metal Pig
The stem gives Metal; the branch gives Pig.
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 structural beams作梁
- Build or renovate修造
- Begin construction earthworks动土
- Install a door安门
- Build or install a stove作灶
- Seal openings塞穴
- Dig a pond开池
- Dig or open a latrine开厕
- Build an embankment筑堤
- Repair a wall补垣
- Plant crops栽种
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Dig a well掘井
- Hold funeral rites行丧
- Burial安葬
- Set up a bed安床
Month 10 · 30 days
20 November 1968–19 December 1968. 12 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Winter Solstice
22 December 1968 · 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 1968 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 10/16
Last quarter
Lunar 10/24
New moon
Lunar 11/1
First quarter
Lunar 11/7
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 Metal Pig · 辛亥— 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 Water · Rén 壬 (primary)
- Yang Wood · Jiǎ 甲 (middle)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yang Wood Rat · 甲子— 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
- Hairpin and Bracelet Metal · 钗钏金— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Metal.
- Day animal 生肖
- Pig · 猪— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Wood Snake · 乙巳— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Girl · 女— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace (北) · Bat creature (蝠) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Close · 闭— 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 marriage, saying it may disadvantage the groom.亥不嫁娶不利新郎Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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