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Chinese calendar, 15 October 1976
15 October 1976 is lunar leap month 8, day 22, 1976, the Fire Dragon year. The day pillar is Yang Metal Rat. 5 named Yi activities; 3 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waning gibbous.
Friday
October 1976
Lunar date
Leap 8th Month · 22nd Day
一九七六年闰八月廿二
Year of the
Fire generates Earth in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Dragon’s fixed element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 22 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1976-10-15
The daily almanac & observances
庚子 Yang Metal Rat
The stem gives Metal; 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
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
- Acupuncture or moxibustion针灸
- Meet relatives and friends会亲友
- Reopen a grave for reburial启钻
- Burial安葬
忌 Traditionally avoid
Medical care should follow clinical need; do not postpone treatment because of an almanac entry.
Leap month 8 · 29 days
24 September 1976–22 October 1976. 7 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Double Ninth Festival
31 October 1976 · 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 1976 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar leap 8/15
Last quarter
Lunar leap 8/23
New moon
Lunar 9/1
First quarter
Lunar 9/8
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 Metal Rat · 庚子— 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
- Yang Earth Dog · 戊戌— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Fire Dragon · 丙辰— Fire generates Earth; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Wall Earth · 壁上土— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Earth.
- Day animal 生肖
- Rat · 鼠— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Wood Horse · 甲午— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Ghost · 鬼— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.South palace (南) · Goat creature (羊) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Full · 满— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
- Auspicious directions 吉方
- Joy 喜神: Northwest (西北)
- Blessing 福神: Southwest (西南)
- Wealth 财神: East (正东)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against setting warp and weft, saying the loom may stand empty.庚不经络织机虚张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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15 October 1976 corresponds to lunar year 1976, the leap occurrence of month 8, day 22, in the 丙辰 year — the Year of the Dragon. You can enter another date in the date converter.
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