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Chinese calendar, 1 October 1985
1 October 1985 is lunar month 8, day 17, 1985, the Wood Ox year. The day pillar is Yin Water Rooster. 6 named Yi activities; 7 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waning gibbous.
Tuesday
October 1985
Lunar date
8th Month · 17th Day
一九八五年八月十七
Year of the
Wood restrains Earth in the Five Phases, so the year element is understood as moderating the Ox’s fixed element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 17 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1985-10-01
The daily almanac & observances
癸酉 Yin Water Rooster
The stem gives Water; 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
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 8 · 29 days
15 September 1985–13 October 1985. 12 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Double Ninth Festival
22 October 1985 · 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 1985 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 8/23
New moon
Lunar 9/1
First quarter
Lunar 9/8
Full moon
Lunar 9/16
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 Rooster · 癸酉— 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 Wood Rooster · 乙酉— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yin Wood Ox · 乙丑— Wood controls Earth; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Sword-edge Metal · 剑锋金— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Metal.
- Day animal 生肖
- Rooster · 鸡— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Fire Rabbit · 丁卯— 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: 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 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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