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Chinese calendar, 8 January 1988
8 January 1988 is lunar month 11, day 19, 1987, the Fire Rabbit year. The day pillar is Yang Water Dog. 4 named Yi activities; 2 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waning gibbous.
Friday
January 1988
Lunar date
11th Month · 19th Day
一九八七年冬月十九
Year of the
Wood generates Fire in the Five Phases, so the Rabbit’s fixed element supports the year element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 19 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1988-01-08
The daily almanac & observances
壬戌 Yang Water Dog
The stem gives Water; 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
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Build or install a stove作灶
- Place the deceased in a coffin入殓
- End the mourning-clothes period除服
- No other activities recommended馀事勿取
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 11 · 29 days
21 December 1987–18 January 1988. 10 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Laba Festival
26 January 1988 · In many parts of China, Laba is marked with multigrain porridge, while ingredients and related foods such as pickled garlic differ by region.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
January 1988 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 11/15
Last quarter
Lunar 11/23
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/8
Calculated phase moments use fixed UTC+8. A lunar day number and a Moon phase describe different things. How they fit together →
The surrounding month
Explore the days around 8 January 1988
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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 Water Dog · 壬戌— 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 Water Ox · 癸丑— 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
- Great Sea Water · 大海水— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Water.
- Day animal 生肖
- Dog · 狗— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Fire Dragon · 丙辰— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Ox · 牛— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace (北) · Ox creature (牛) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Receive · 收— 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: South (正南)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against drawing water, saying trouble may be hard to guard against.壬不泱水更难提防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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