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Chinese calendar, 22 October 1981
22 October 1981 is lunar month 9, day 25, 1981, the Metal Rooster year. The day pillar is Yin Water Rooster. 13 named Yi activities; 7 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waning crescent.
Thursday
October 1981
Lunar date
9th Month · 25th Day
一九八一年九月廿五
Year of the
Metal is both the year element and the Rooster’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Metal.
Moon phase
Lunar day 25 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1981-10-22
The daily almanac & observances
癸酉 Yin Water Rooster
The stem gives Water; 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
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Open a business or market开市
- Plant crops栽种
- Acquire property置产
- Legal proceedings词讼
- Install a door安门
- Dig a well掘井
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
Month 9 · 30 days
28 September 1981–27 October 1981. 5 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Winter Solstice
22 December 1981 · 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
October 1981 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 9/9
Full moon
Lunar 9/16
Last quarter
Lunar 9/23
New moon
Lunar 10/1
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 Water Rooster · 癸酉— 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
- Yang Earth Dog · 戊戌— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yin Metal Rooster · 辛酉— Metal reinforces Metal; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Sword-edge Metal · 剑锋金— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Metal.
- Day animal 生肖
- Rooster · 鸡— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Fire Rabbit · 丁卯— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Dipper · 斗— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace (北) · Xiezhi creature (獬) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- Day officer 建除
- Close · 闭— 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: South (正南)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against lawsuits, saying one’s case may be weaker than the opponent’s.癸不词讼理弱敌强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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