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Chinese calendar, 29 November 1972
29 November 1972 is lunar month 10, day 24, 1972, the Water Rat year. The day pillar is Yang Wood Rat. 26 named Yi activities; 4 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waning crescent.
Wednesday
November 1972
Lunar date
10th Month · 24th Day
一九七二年十月廿四
Year of the
Water is both the year element and the Rat’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Water.
Moon phase
Lunar day 24 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1972-11-29
The daily almanac & observances
甲子 Yang Wood Rat
The stem gives Wood; the branch gives Rat.
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
- Meet relatives and friends会亲友
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Bathe沐浴
- Build or renovate修造
- Begin construction earthworks动土
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
- Sculpt or paint sacred images塑绘
- Travel出行
- Formalize a betrothal agreement订盟
- Make a formal betrothal proposal纳采
- Cut or make clothes裁衣
- Place the deceased in a coffin入殓
- End the mourning-clothes period除服
- Begin wearing mourning clothes成服
- Move a coffin移柩
- Reopen a grave for reburial启钻
- Take up a post赴任
- Erect pillars竖柱
- Raise the main roof beam上梁
- Receive funds纳财
- Clean the house扫舍
- Plant crops栽种
- Acquire livestock纳畜
- Fell timber伐木
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Move into a new home入宅
- Build or install a stove作灶
- Set up a bed安床
- Open a storehouse开仓
Month 10 · 30 days
6 November 1972–5 December 1972. 6 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Winter Solstice
22 December 1972 · 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 1972 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 10/1
First quarter
Lunar 10/9
Full moon
Lunar 10/16
Last quarter
Lunar 10/23
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 Wood Rat · 甲子— 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 Water · Guǐ 癸 (primary)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Metal Pig · 辛亥— 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
- Sea Metal · 海中金— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Metal.
- Day animal 生肖
- Rat · 鼠— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Earth Horse · 戊午— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Winnowing Basket · 箕— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.East palace (东) · Leopard creature (豹) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- 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: Northeast (东北)
- Blessing 福神: North (正北)
- Wealth 财神: Northeast (东北)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against opening a storehouse, saying possessions may be lost.甲不开仓财物耗散The verse cautions against divination, saying it may invite trouble.子不问卜自惹祸殃Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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