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Chinese calendar, 27 December 1979
27 December 1979 is lunar month 11, day 9, 1979, the Earth Goat year. The day pillar is Yang Earth Dragon. 26 named Yi activities; 4 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waxing gibbous.
Thursday
December 1979
Lunar date
11th Month · 9th Day
一九七九年冬月初九
Year of the
Earth is both the year element and the Goat’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Earth.
Moon phase
Lunar day 9 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1979-12-27
The daily almanac & observances
戊辰 Yang Earth Dragon
The stem gives Earth; the branch gives Dragon.
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
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
- Install an incense altar安香
- Move a sacred altar or flame出火
- Travel出行
- Meet relatives and friends会亲友
- Install machinery安机械
- Build or renovate修造
- Begin construction earthworks动土
- Erect pillars竖柱
- Raise the main roof beam上梁
- Roof or build a house盖屋
- Lay a foundation起基
- Set foundation stones定磉
- Set up a bed安床
- Install a door安门
- Dismantle a structure拆卸
- Move residence移徙
- Build a bridge造桥
- Build a boat造船
- Burial安葬
- Begin burial excavation破土
- Place the deceased in a coffin入殓
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Open a business or market开市
- Build a temple造庙
- Acquire property置产
- Dig a well掘井
Month 11 · 30 days
19 December 1979–17 January 1980. 21 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Laba Festival
25 January 1980 · 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
December 1979 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 10/15
Last quarter
Lunar 10/22
New moon
Lunar 11/1
First quarter
Lunar 11/8
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 Earth Dragon · 戊辰— 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.
- Yang Earth · Wù 戊 (primary)
- Yin Wood · Yǐ 乙 (middle)
- Yin Water · Guǐ 癸 (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
- Yin Earth Goat · 己未— Earth reinforces Earth; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Great Forest Wood · 大林木— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Wood.
- Day animal 生肖
- Dragon · 龙— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Water Dog · 壬戌— 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
- Settle · 定— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
- Auspicious directions 吉方
- Joy 喜神: Southeast (东南)
- Blessing 福神: Northeast (东北)
- Wealth 财神: North (正北)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against accepting land, saying it may be inauspicious for the owner.戊不受田田主不祥The verse cautions against weeping, saying another bereavement may follow.辰不哭泣必主重丧Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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