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Chinese calendar, 5 October 1982
5 October 1982 is lunar month 8, day 19, 1982, the Water Dog year. The day pillar is Yin Metal Rooster. 8 named Yi activities; 5 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waning gibbous.
Tuesday
October 1982
Lunar date
8th Month · 19th Day
一九八二年八月十九
Year of the
Earth restrains Water in the Five Phases, so the Dog’s fixed element is understood as moderating the year element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 19 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1982-10-05
The daily almanac & observances
辛酉 Yin Metal Rooster
The stem gives Metal; 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
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Pray for children求嗣
- Travel出行
- Bathe沐浴
- Trade交易
- Clean the house扫舍
- Train cattle or horses教牛马
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 8 · 30 days
17 September 1982–16 October 1982. 11 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Double Ninth Festival
25 October 1982 · In Hong Kong, families may visit ancestral graves or hike and picnic in the hills on Chung Yeung, while observance varies across communities.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
October 1982 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 8/17
Last quarter
Lunar 8/24
New moon
Lunar 9/1
First quarter
Lunar 9/9
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 Metal Rooster · 辛酉— 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
- Yin Earth Rooster · 己酉— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Water Dog · 壬戌— Earth controls Water; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Pomegranate Wood · 石榴木— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Wood.
- Day animal 生肖
- Rooster · 鸡— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Wood Rabbit · 乙卯— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Turtle Beak · 觜— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.West palace (西) · Monkey creature (猴) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Establish · 建— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
- Auspicious directions 吉方
- Joy 喜神: Southwest (西南)
- Blessing 福神: Northwest (西北)
- Wealth 财神: East (正东)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against making sauce, saying the household may not taste it.辛不合酱主人不尝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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