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Chinese calendar, 12 November 1970
12 November 1970 is lunar month 10, day 14, 1970, the Metal Dog year. The day pillar is Yang Fire Monkey. 6 named Yi activities; 6 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waxing gibbous.
Thursday
November 1970
Lunar date
10th Month · 14th Day
一九七〇年十月十四
Year of the
Earth generates Metal in the Five Phases, so the Dog’s fixed element supports the year element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 14 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1970-11-12
The daily almanac & observances
丙申 Yang Fire Monkey
The stem gives Fire; 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
- Bathe沐浴
- Clean the house扫舍
- Trap or capture捕捉
- Hunt畋猎
- Ritual cleansing or removal解除
- Seal openings塞穴
- No other activities recommended馀事勿取
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 10 · 30 days
30 October 1970–28 November 1970. 16 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Winter Solstice
22 December 1970 · 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
November 1970 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 10/8
Full moon
Lunar 10/15
Last quarter
Lunar 10/23
New moon
Lunar 11/1
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 Fire Monkey · 丙申— 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
- Yin Fire Pig · 丁亥— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Metal Dog · 庚戌— Earth generates Metal; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Mountain-foot Fire · 山下火— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Fire.
- Day animal 生肖
- Monkey · 猴— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Metal Tiger · 庚寅— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Legs · 奎— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.West palace (西) · Wolf creature (狼) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Receive · 收— 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: Southwest (西南)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against repairing a stove, saying misfortune may follow.丙不修灶必见灾殃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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