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Chinese calendar, 18 December 1971
18 December 1971 is lunar month 11, day 1, 1971, the Metal Pig year. The day pillar is Yin Fire Ox. 23 named Yi activities; 4 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; new moon.
Saturday
December 1971
Lunar date
11th Month · 1st Day
一九七一年冬月初一
Year of the
Metal generates Water in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Pig’s fixed element.
Moon phase
03:03 · UTC+8
Daily almanac · 1971-12-18
The daily almanac & observances
丁丑 Yin Fire Ox
The stem gives Fire; 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
- Formalize a betrothal agreement订盟
- Make a formal betrothal proposal纳采
- Build a vehicle or carriage造车器
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Travel出行
- Install an incense altar安香
- Build or renovate修造
- Begin construction earthworks动土
- Raise the main roof beam上梁
- Open a business or market开市
- Trade交易
- Sign a contract立券
- Move residence移徙
- Move into a new home入宅
- Meet relatives and friends会亲友
- Install machinery安机械
- Plant crops栽种
- Acquire livestock纳畜
- Roof or build a house盖屋
- Lay a foundation起基
- Set up a bed安床
- Build a livestock enclosure造畜稠
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Begin burial excavation破土
- Burial安葬
- Hold funeral rites行丧
- Prepare a grave in advance开生坟
Month 11 · 29 days
18 December 1971–15 January 1972. 28 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Winter Solstice
22 December 1971 · 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 1971 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 10/15
Last quarter
Lunar 10/23
New moon
Lunar 11/1
First quarter
Lunar 11/8
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 18 December 1971
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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 Fire Ox · 丁丑— 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
- Yang Metal Rat · 庚子— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yin Metal Pig · 辛亥— Metal generates Water; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Ravine Water · 涧下水— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Water.
- Day animal 生肖
- Ox · 牛— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Metal Goat · 辛未— 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
- Remove · 除— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
- Auspicious directions 吉方
- Joy 喜神: South (正南)
- Blessing 福神: Southeast (东南)
- Wealth 财神: Southwest (西南)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against cutting hair, saying sores may appear.丁不剃头头必生疮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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