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Chinese calendar, 5 March 1980
5 March 1980 is lunar month 1, day 19, 1980, the Metal Monkey year. The day pillar is Yin Fire Ox. 27 named Yi activities; 4 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waning gibbous.
Wednesday
March 1980
Lunar date
1st Month · 19th Day
一九八〇年正月十九
Year of the
Metal is both the year element and the Monkey’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Metal.
Moon phase
Lunar day 19 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1980-03-05
The daily almanac & observances
丁丑 Yin Fire Ox
The stem gives Fire; the branch gives Ox.
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
- Formalize a betrothal agreement订盟
- Make a formal betrothal proposal纳采
- Build or renovate修造
- Begin construction earthworks动土
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Sculpt or paint sacred images塑绘
- Daoist fasting and offering rites斋醮
- Bathe沐浴
- Dismantle a structure拆卸
- Lay a foundation起基
- Move into a new home入宅
- Install an incense altar安香
- Build a temple造庙
- Move a coffin移柩
- Thanksgiving rite after building谢土
- End the mourning-clothes period除服
- Begin wearing mourning clothes成服
- Begin school入学
- Begin learning a craft习艺
- Travel出行
- Erect pillars竖柱
- Raise the main roof beam上梁
- Dig a well掘井
- Pray for children求嗣
- Ritual cleansing or removal解除
- Fell timber伐木
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 1 · 30 days
16 February 1980–16 March 1980. 11 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Qingming Festival
4 April 1980 · In China, Qingming is commonly marked by tending graves and honouring ancestors, while spring outings form another long-standing strand of the day.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
March 1980 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 1/16
Last quarter
Lunar 1/24
New moon
Lunar 2/1
First quarter
Lunar 2/7
Full moon
Lunar 2/15
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 Fire Ox · 丁丑— 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 Earth · Jǐ 己 (primary)
- Yin Water · Guǐ 癸 (middle)
- Yin Metal · Xīn 辛 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Earth Rabbit · 己卯— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Metal Monkey · 庚申— Metal reinforces Metal; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Ravine Water · 涧下水— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Water.
- Day animal 生肖
- Ox · 牛— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Metal Goat · 辛未— 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
- Open · 开— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
- Auspicious directions 吉方
- Joy 喜神: South (正南)
- Blessing 福神: Southeast (东南)
- Wealth 财神: Southwest (西南)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against cutting hair, saying sores may appear.丁不剃头头必生疮The verse cautions against ceremonial dress, saying the wearer may not return home.丑不冠带主不还乡Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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