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Chinese calendar, 12 October 1969
12 October 1969 is lunar month 9, day 2, 1969, the Earth Rooster year. The day pillar is Yang Metal Monkey. 19 named Yi activities; 2 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waxing crescent.
Sunday
October 1969
Lunar date
9th Month · 2nd Day
一九六九年九月初二
Year of the
Earth generates Metal in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Rooster’s fixed element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 2 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1969-10-12
The daily almanac & observances
庚申 Yang Metal Monkey
The stem gives Metal; the branch gives Monkey.
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
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Pray for children求嗣
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
- Travel出行
- Ritual cleansing or removal解除
- Move a sacred altar or flame出火
- Add a member to the household进人口
- Open a business or market开市
- Trade交易
- Sign a contract立券
- Hang a signboard or plaque挂匾
- Receive funds纳财
- Move into a new home入宅
- Move residence移徙
- Plant crops栽种
- Begin burial excavation破土
- Thanksgiving rite after building谢土
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 9 · 30 days
11 October 1969–9 November 1969. 28 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Double Ninth Festival
19 October 1969 · In Hong Kong, families may visit ancestral graves or hike and picnic in the hills on Chung Yeung, while observance varies across communities.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
October 1969 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 8/22
New moon
Lunar 9/1
First quarter
Lunar 9/8
Full moon
Lunar 9/15
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 12 October 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
- Yang Metal Monkey · 庚申— 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 Metal · Gēng 庚 (primary)
- Yang Water · Rén 壬 (middle)
- Yang Earth · Wù 戊 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yang Wood Dog · 甲戌— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yin Earth Rooster · 己酉— Earth generates Metal; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Pomegranate Wood · 石榴木— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Wood.
- Day animal 生肖
- Monkey · 猴— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Wood Tiger · 甲寅— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Emptiness · 虚— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace (北) · Rat creature (鼠) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Open · 开— 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 positioning a bed, saying spirits may enter the room.申不安床鬼祟入房Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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