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Chinese calendar, 20 September 1978
20 September 1978 is lunar month 8, day 18, 1978, the Earth Horse year. The day pillar is Yin Wood Rooster. 3 named Yi activities; a general Ji restriction. 6 auspicious time windows; waning gibbous.
Wednesday
September 1978
Lunar date
8th Month · 18th Day
一九七八年八月十八
Year of the
Fire generates Earth in the Five Phases, so the Horse’s fixed element supports the year element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 18 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1978-09-20
The daily almanac & observances
乙酉 Yin Wood Rooster
The stem gives Wood; the branch gives Rooster.
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
- Travel出行
- Clean the house扫舍
- No other activities recommended馀事勿取
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Nothing is considered suitable诸事不宜
Month 8 · 29 days
3 September 1978–1 October 1978. 11 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Double Ninth Festival
10 October 1978 · 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
September 1978 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 8/1
First quarter
Lunar 8/8
Full moon
Lunar 8/15
Last quarter
Lunar 8/22
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 Wood Rooster · 乙酉— 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 Metal · Xīn 辛 (primary)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Metal Rooster · 辛酉— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Earth Horse · 戊午— Fire generates Earth; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Spring Water · 泉中水— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Water.
- Day animal 生肖
- Rooster · 鸡— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Earth Rabbit · 己卯— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Chariot · 轸— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.South palace (南) · Earthworm creature (蚓) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- Day officer 建除
- Establish · 建— 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: Northeast (东北)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against planting, saying even many plants may not grow.乙不栽植千株不长The verse cautions against receiving guests, saying drunken disorder may follow.酉不会客醉坐颠狂Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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