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Chinese calendar, 29 November 1979
29 November 1979 is lunar month 10, day 10, 1979, the Earth Goat year. The day pillar is Yang Metal Rat. 25 named Yi activities; 3 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waxing gibbous.
Thursday
November 1979
Lunar date
10th Month · 10th Day
一九七九年十月初十
Year of the
Earth is both the year element and the Goat’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Earth.
Moon phase
Lunar day 10 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1979-11-29
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
- Make a formal betrothal proposal纳采
- Formalize a betrothal agreement订盟
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Pray for children求嗣
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
- Travel出行
- Ritual cleansing or removal解除
- Add a member to the household进人口
- Open a business or market开市
- Sign a contract立券
- Hang a signboard or plaque挂匾
- Move into a new home入宅
- Move residence移徙
- Install a door安门
- Plant crops栽种
- Begin construction earthworks动土
- Seek medical care求医
- Treat an illness治病
- Meet relatives and friends会亲友
- Lay a foundation起基
- Build or renovate修造
- Roof or build a house盖屋
- Burial安葬
忌 Traditionally avoid
Medical care should follow clinical need; do not postpone treatment because of an almanac entry.
Month 10 · 29 days
20 November 1979–18 December 1979. 19 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Winter Solstice
22 December 1979 · 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 1979 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 9/15
Last quarter
Lunar 9/23
New moon
Lunar 10/1
First quarter
Lunar 10/8
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
- Yin Wood Pig · 乙亥— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yin Earth Goat · 己未— Earth reinforces 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
- Legs · 奎— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.West palace (西) · Wolf creature (狼) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- 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: 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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