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Chinese calendar, 18 January 1980
18 January 1980 is lunar month 12, day 1, 1979, the Earth Goat year. The day pillar is Yang Metal Tiger. 19 named Yi activities; 4 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; new moon.
Friday
January 1980
Lunar date
12th Month · 1st Day
一九七九年腊月初一
Year of the
Earth is both the year element and the Goat’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Earth.
Moon phase
05:20 · UTC+8
Daily almanac · 1980-01-18
The daily almanac & observances
庚寅 Yang Metal Tiger
The stem gives Metal; the branch gives Tiger.
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
- Bathe沐浴
- Sculpt or paint sacred images塑绘
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
- Make a formal betrothal proposal纳采
- Formalize a betrothal agreement订盟
- Open a business or market开市
- Trade交易
- Sign a contract立券
- Receive funds纳财
- Lay a foundation起基
- Begin construction earthworks动土
- Set foundation stones定磉
- Release or drain water放水
- Burial安葬
- Begin burial excavation破土
- Reopen a grave for reburial启钻
- Repair a grave修坟
- Erect a memorial stone立碑
- Move a coffin移柩
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 12 · 29 days
18 January 1980–15 February 1980. 28 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
January 1980 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 11/15
Last quarter
Lunar 11/23
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/7
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 Tiger · 庚寅— 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 Wood · Jiǎ 甲 (primary)
- Yang Fire · Bǐng 丙 (middle)
- Yang Earth · Wù 戊 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Fire Ox · 丁丑— 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
- Pine and Cypress Wood · 松柏木— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Wood.
- Day animal 生肖
- Tiger · 虎— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Wood Monkey · 甲申— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Ox · 牛— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace (北) · Ox creature (牛) · 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 ritual offerings, saying spirits may not receive them.寅不祭祀神鬼不尝Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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