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Chinese calendar, 8 January 1969
8 January 1969 is lunar month 11, day 20, 1968, the Earth Monkey year. The day pillar is Yin Water Goat. 2 named Yi activities; a general Ji restriction. 7 auspicious time windows; waning gibbous.
Wednesday
January 1969
Lunar date
11th Month · 20th Day
一九六八年冬月二十
Year of the
Earth generates Metal in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Monkey’s fixed element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 20 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1969-01-08
The daily almanac & observances
癸未 Yin Water Goat
The stem gives Water; the branch gives Goat.
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
- Demolish a building破屋
- Demolish a wall坏垣
- No other activities recommended馀事勿取
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Nothing is considered suitable诸事不宜
Month 11 · 29 days
20 December 1968–17 January 1969. 9 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Laba Festival
25 January 1969 · 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 1969 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 11/16
Last quarter
Lunar 11/23
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/8
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
Explore the days around 8 January 1969
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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 Water Goat · 癸未— 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 Fire · Dīng 丁 (middle)
- Yin Wood · Yǐ 乙 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Wood Ox · 乙丑— 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
- Willow Wood · 杨柳木— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Wood.
- Day animal 生肖
- Goat · 羊— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Fire Ox · 丁丑— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Wall · 壁— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace (北) · Yu beast creature (獝) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- Day officer 建除
- Break · 破— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
- Auspicious directions 吉方
- Joy 喜神: Southeast (东南)
- Blessing 福神: Northeast (东北)
- Wealth 财神: South (正南)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against lawsuits, saying one’s case may be weaker than the opponent’s.癸不词讼理弱敌强The verse cautions against taking medicine, saying harm may enter the body.未不服药毒气入肠Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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