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Chinese calendar, 5 November 1984
5 November 1984 is lunar month 10, day 13, 1984, the Wood Rat year. The day pillar is Yin Water Rabbit. 11 named Yi activities; 2 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waxing gibbous.
Monday
November 1984
Lunar date
10th Month · 13th Day
一九八四年十月十三
Year of the
Water generates Wood in the Five Phases, so the Rat’s fixed element supports the year element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 13 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1984-11-05
The daily almanac & observances
癸卯 Yin Water Rabbit
The stem gives Water; 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
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Open a business or market开市
- Take up a post赴任
Month 10 · 30 days
24 October 1984–22 November 1984. 17 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Winter Solstice
22 December 1984 · 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 1984 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 10/17
Last quarter
Lunar 10/24
New moon
Lunar leap 10/1
First quarter
Lunar leap 10/8
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 Water Rabbit · 癸卯— 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
- Yang Wood Dog · 甲戌— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Wood Rat · 甲子— Water generates Wood; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Gold-leaf Metal · 金箔金— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Metal.
- Day animal 生肖
- Rabbit · 兔— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Fire Rooster · 丁酉— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Extended Net · 张— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.South palace (南) · Deer creature (鹿) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- Day officer 建除
- Hold · 执— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
- Auspicious directions 吉方
- Joy 喜神: Southeast (东南)
- Blessing 福神: Northeast (东北)
- Wealth 财神: South (正南)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against lawsuits, saying one’s case may be weaker than the opponent’s.癸不词讼理弱敌强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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