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Chinese calendar, 8 October 1972
8 October 1972 is lunar month 9, day 2, 1972, the Water Rat year. The day pillar is Yang Water Monkey. 24 named Yi activities; 5 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waxing crescent.
Sunday
October 1972
Lunar date
9th Month · 2nd Day
一九七二年九月初二
Year of the
Water is both the year element and the Rat’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Water.
Moon phase
Lunar day 2 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1972-10-08
The daily almanac & observances
壬申 Yang Water Monkey
The stem gives Water; 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
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Pray for children求嗣
- Daoist fasting and offering rites斋醮
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
- Travel出行
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Seek medical care求医
- Treat an illness治病
- Begin construction earthworks动土
- Begin burial excavation破土
- Begin school入学
- Lay a foundation起基
- Clean the house扫舍
- Erect pillars竖柱
- Raise the main roof beam上梁
- Open a storehouse开仓
- Dispatch goods or funds出货财
- Acquire property置产
- Plant crops栽种
- Raise livestock牧养
- Prepare a grave in advance开生坟
- Thanksgiving rite after building谢土
- Erect a memorial stone立碑
忌 Traditionally avoid
Medical care should follow clinical need; do not postpone treatment because of an almanac entry.
Month 9 · 30 days
7 October 1972–5 November 1972. 28 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Double Ninth Festival
15 October 1972 · 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 1972 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 9/1
First quarter
Lunar 9/9
Full moon
Lunar 9/16
Last quarter
Lunar 9/23
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
- Yang Water Monkey · 壬申— 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 Metal Dog · 庚戌— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Water Rat · 壬子— Water reinforces Water; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Sword-edge Metal · 剑锋金— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Metal.
- Day animal 生肖
- Monkey · 猴— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Fire Tiger · 丙寅— 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: South (正南)
- Blessing 福神: Southeast (东南)
- Wealth 财神: South (正南)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against drawing water, saying trouble may be hard to guard against.壬不泱水更难提防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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