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Chinese calendar, 23 November 1982
23 November 1982 is lunar month 10, day 9, 1982, the Water Dog year. The day pillar is Yang Metal Dog. 10 named Yi activities; 5 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waxing crescent.
Tuesday
November 1982
Lunar date
10th Month · 9th Day
一九八二年十月初九
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 9 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1982-11-23
The daily almanac & observances
庚戌 Yang Metal Dog
The stem gives Metal; 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
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 10 · 30 days
15 November 1982–14 December 1982. 21 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
November 1982 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 9/16
Last quarter
Lunar 9/23
New moon
Lunar 10/1
First quarter
Lunar 10/10
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
- Yang Metal Dog · 庚戌— 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
- Yin Metal Pig · 辛亥— 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
- Hairpin and Bracelet Metal · 钗钏金— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Metal.
- Day animal 生肖
- Dog · 狗— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Wood Dragon · 甲辰— 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
- Close · 闭— 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: East (正东)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against setting warp and weft, saying the loom may stand empty.庚不经络织机虚张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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