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Chinese calendar, 8 September 1987
8 September 1987 is lunar month 7, day 16, 1987, the Fire Rabbit year. The day pillar is Yang Metal Monkey. 18 named Yi activities; 5 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; full moon.
Tuesday
September 1987
Lunar date
7th Month · 16th Day
一九八七年七月十六
Year of the
Wood generates Fire in the Five Phases, so the Rabbit’s fixed element supports the year element.
Moon phase
02:13 · UTC+8
Daily almanac · 1987-09-08
The daily almanac & observances
庚申 Yang Metal Monkey
The stem gives Metal; the branch gives Monkey.
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
- Ritual cleansing or removal解除
- Coming-of-age ceremony冠笄
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Fell timber伐木
- Erect construction scaffolding架马
- Cut joints in columns or beams开柱眼
- Build or renovate修造
- Begin construction earthworks动土
- Move residence移徙
- Move into a new home入宅
- Prepare a grave in advance开生坟
- Make a coffin合寿木
- Place the deceased in a coffin入殓
- Move a coffin移柩
- Begin burial excavation破土
- Burial安葬
- Repair a grave修坟
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 7 · 30 days
24 August 1987–22 September 1987. 14 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Mid-Autumn Festival
7 October 1987 · Among Chinese communities in Singapore, families may share mooncakes, pomelo and tea while children carry lanterns, with household practices varying.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
September 1987 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 7/9
Full moon
Lunar 7/16
Last quarter
Lunar 7/23
New moon
Lunar 8/1
First quarter
Lunar 8/8
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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Explore the days around 8 September 1987
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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 Monkey · 庚申— 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 Metal · Gēng 庚 (primary)
- Yang Water · Rén 壬 (middle)
- Yang Earth · Wù 戊 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Earth Rooster · 己酉— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yin Fire Rabbit · 丁卯— Wood generates Fire; 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
- Monkey · 猴— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Wood Tiger · 甲寅— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Wings · 翼— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.South palace (南) · Snake creature (蛇) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- 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 positioning a bed, saying spirits may enter the room.申不安床鬼祟入房Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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