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Chinese calendar, 22 December 1981
22 December 1981 is lunar month 11, day 27, 1981, the Metal Rooster year. The day pillar is Yang Wood Dog. 23 named Yi activities; 10 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waning crescent.
Tuesday
December 1981
Lunar date
11th Month · 27th Day
一九八一年冬月廿七
Year of the
Metal is both the year element and the Rooster’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Metal.
Moon phase
Lunar day 27 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1981-12-22
The daily almanac & observances
甲戌 Yang Wood Dog
The stem gives Wood; the branch gives Dog.
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
- Pray for children求嗣
- Sculpt or paint sacred images塑绘
- Ritual cleansing or removal解除
- Dismantle a structure拆卸
- 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
- Acquire property置产
- Dig a pond开池
- Dig a well掘井
- Acquire livestock纳畜
- Set up a bed安床
- Plant crops栽种
- Build a livestock enclosure造畜稠
- Begin burial excavation破土
- Move a coffin移柩
- Erect a memorial stone立碑
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 11 · 30 days
26 November 1981–25 December 1981. 3 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Winter Solstice · 冬至
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 →
The surrounding month
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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 Wood Dog · 甲戌— 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 Metal · Xīn 辛 (middle)
- Yin Fire · Dīng 丁 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yang Metal Rat · 庚子— 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
- Mountain-top Fire · 山头火— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Fire.
- Day animal 生肖
- Dog · 狗— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Earth Dragon · 戊辰— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Encampment · 室— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace (北) · Pig creature (猪) · 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: Northeast (东北)
- Blessing 福神: North (正北)
- Wealth 财神: Northeast (东北)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against opening a storehouse, saying possessions may be lost.甲不开仓财物耗散The verse cautions against eating dog meat, saying strange disturbances may reach the bed.戌不吃犬作怪上床Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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