Daily calendar conversion
Chinese calendar, 31 October 1982
31 October 1982 is lunar month 9, day 15, 1982, the Water Dog year. The day pillar is Yin Fire Pig. 14 named Yi activities; 4 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waxing gibbous.
Sunday
October 1982
Lunar date
9th Month · 15th Day
一九八二年九月十五
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 15 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1982-10-31
The daily almanac & observances
丁亥 Yin Fire Pig
The stem gives Fire; the branch gives Pig.
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
- Travel出行
- Build a vehicle or carriage造车器
- Build a livestock enclosure造畜稠
- Ritual cleansing or removal解除
- Coming-of-age ceremony冠笄
- Cut or make clothes裁衣
- Make structural beams作梁
- Carve or engrave雕刻
- Meet relatives and friends会亲友
- Move residence移徙
- Move into a new home入宅
- Install machinery安机械
- Open a business or market开市
- Clean the house扫舍
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 9 · 29 days
17 October 1982–14 November 1982. 14 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Winter Solstice
22 December 1982 · 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 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 Fire Pig · 丁亥— 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 Water · Rén 壬 (primary)
- Yang Wood · Jiǎ 甲 (middle)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yang Metal Dog · 庚戌— 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
- Roof Earth · 屋上土— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Earth.
- Day animal 生肖
- Pig · 猪— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Metal Snake · 辛巳— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Hairy Head · 昴— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.West palace (西) · Rooster creature (鸡) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Remove · 除— 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 marriage, saying it may disadvantage the groom.亥不嫁娶不利新郎Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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