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Chinese calendar, 3 December 1981
3 December 1981 is lunar month 11, day 8, 1981, the Metal Rooster year. The day pillar is Yin Wood Rabbit. 22 named Yi activities; 5 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waxing crescent.
Thursday
December 1981
Lunar date
11th Month · 8th Day
一九八一年冬月初八
Year of the
Metal is both the year element and the Rooster’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Metal.
Moon phase
Lunar day 8 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1981-12-03
The daily almanac & observances
乙卯 Yin Wood Rabbit
The stem gives Wood; the branch gives Rabbit.
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
- Formalize a betrothal agreement订盟
- Make a formal betrothal proposal纳采
- Receive funds纳财
- Open a business or market开市
- Sign a contract立券
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Move residence移徙
- Move into a new home入宅
- Travel出行
- Roof or build a house盖屋
- Lay a foundation起基
- Build or renovate修造
- Begin construction earthworks动土
- Erect pillars竖柱
- Raise the main roof beam上梁
- Install a door安门
- Install an incense altar安香
- Move a sacred altar or flame出火
- Train cattle or horses教牛马
- Meet relatives and friends会亲友
- Begin burial excavation破土
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Burial安葬
- Dig a well掘井
- Acquire property置产
- Build a boat造船
Month 11 · 30 days
26 November 1981–25 December 1981. 22 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
December 1981 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 11/10
Full moon
Lunar 11/16
Last quarter
Lunar 11/23
New moon
Lunar 12/1
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 Wood Rabbit · 乙卯— 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 Wood · Yǐ 乙 (primary)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Earth Pig · 己亥— 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
- Great Stream Water · 大溪水— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Water.
- Day animal 生肖
- Rabbit · 兔— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Earth Rooster · 己酉— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Well · 井— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.South palace (南) · Wild dog creature (犴) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- 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: Northwest (西北)
- Blessing 福神: Southwest (西南)
- Wealth 财神: Northeast (东北)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against planting, saying even many plants may not grow.乙不栽植千株不长The verse cautions against digging a well, saying the water may not be sweet.卯不穿井水泉不香Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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