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Chinese calendar, 1 January 1975
1 January 1975 is lunar month 11, day 19, 1974, the Wood Tiger year. The day pillar is Yin Fire Goat. 15 named Yi activities; 6 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waning gibbous.
Wednesday
January 1975
Lunar date
11th Month · 19th Day
一九七四年冬月十九
Year of the
Wood is both the year element and the Tiger’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Wood.
Moon phase
Lunar day 19 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1975-01-01
The daily almanac & observances
丁未 Yin Fire Goat
The stem gives Fire; the branch gives Goat.
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
- Begin school入学
- Formalize a betrothal agreement订盟
- Coming-of-age ceremony冠笄
- Fell timber伐木
- Build or renovate修造
- Begin construction earthworks动土
- Lay a foundation起基
- Release or drain water放水
- Trade交易
- Dig a pond开池
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Build a bridge造桥
- Install a door安门
- Cut hair理发
- Build a temple造庙
- Plant crops栽种
- Build or install a stove作灶
Month 11 · 29 days
14 December 1974–11 January 1975. 10 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Laba Festival
19 January 1975 · In many parts of China, Laba is marked with multigrain porridge, while ingredients and related foods such as pickled garlic differ by region.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
January 1975 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 11/23
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/9
Full moon
Lunar 12/16
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
- Yin Fire Goat · 丁未— 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 Fire · Dīng 丁 (middle)
- Yin Wood · Yǐ 乙 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yang Fire Rat · 丙子— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Wood Tiger · 甲寅— Wood reinforces Wood; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Heavenly River Water · 天河水— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Water.
- Day animal 生肖
- Goat · 羊— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Metal Ox · 辛丑— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Wall · 壁— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace (北) · Yu beast creature (獝) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- Day officer 建除
- Danger · 危— 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 taking medicine, saying harm may enter the body.未不服药毒气入肠Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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