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Chinese calendar, 5 December 1988
5 December 1988 is lunar month 10, day 27, 1988, the Earth Dragon year. The day pillar is Yang Wood Horse. 23 named Yi activities; 5 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waning crescent.
Monday
December 1988
Lunar date
10th Month · 27th Day
一九八八年十月廿七
Year of the
Earth is both the year element and the Dragon’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Earth.
Moon phase
Lunar day 27 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1988-12-05
The daily almanac & observances
甲午 Yang Wood Horse
The stem gives Wood; the branch gives Horse.
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
- Make a formal betrothal proposal纳采
- Formalize a betrothal agreement订盟
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Carve or engrave雕刻
- Move residence移徙
- Open a business or market开市
- Move into a new home入宅
- Travel出行
- Begin construction earthworks动土
- Meet relatives and friends会亲友
- Begin school入学
- Build or renovate修造
- Lay a foundation起基
- Install a door安门
- Set up a bed安床
- Build a temple造庙
- Ritual cleansing or removal解除
- Receive funds纳财
- Dig a pond开池
- Build a livestock enclosure造畜稠
- Raise livestock牧养
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Raise the main roof beam上梁
- Open a storehouse开仓
- Dispatch goods or funds出货财
- Roof or build a house盖屋
- Build a boat造船
Month 10 · 30 days
9 November 1988–8 December 1988. 3 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Winter Solstice
21 December 1988 · 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
December 1988 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 10/23
New moon
Lunar 11/1
First quarter
Lunar 11/8
Full moon
Lunar 11/15
Last quarter
Lunar 11/23
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 Wood Horse · 甲午— 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 Fire · Dīng 丁 (primary)
- Yin Earth · Jǐ 己 (middle)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Water Pig · 癸亥— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Earth Dragon · 戊辰— Earth reinforces Earth; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Sand Metal · 沙中金— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Metal.
- Day animal 生肖
- Horse · 马— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Earth Rat · 戊子— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Heart · 心— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.East palace (东) · Fox creature (狐) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Danger · 危— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
- Auspicious directions 吉方
- Joy 喜神: Northeast (东北)
- Blessing 福神: North (正北)
- Wealth 财神: Northeast (东北)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against opening a storehouse, saying possessions may be lost.甲不开仓财物耗散The verse cautions against roofing a house, saying its owner may have to make changes.午不苫盖屋主更张Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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