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Chinese calendar, 16 March 1989
16 March 1989 is lunar month 2, day 9, 1989, the Earth Snake year. The day pillar is Yin Wood Pig. 21 named Yi activities; 4 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waxing gibbous.
Thursday
March 1989
Lunar date
2nd Month · 9th Day
一九八九年二月初九
Year of the
Fire generates Earth in the Five Phases, so the Snake’s fixed element supports the year element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 9 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1989-03-16
The daily almanac & observances
乙亥 Yin Wood Pig
The stem gives Wood; the branch gives Pig.
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
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
- Sculpt or paint sacred images塑绘
- Make a formal betrothal proposal纳采
- Cut or make clothes裁衣
- Dismantle a structure拆卸
- Set up a bed安床
- Lay a foundation起基
- Begin construction earthworks动土
- Erect pillars竖柱
- Raise the main roof beam上梁
- Move residence移徙
- Move into a new home入宅
- Install an incense altar安香
- Open a business or market开市
- Sign a contract立券
- Hang a signboard or plaque挂匾
- Bathe沐浴
- Travel出行
- Pray for children求嗣
- Install a door安门
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 2 · 29 days
8 March 1989–5 April 1989. 20 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Qingming Festival
5 April 1989 · In China, Qingming is commonly marked by tending graves and honouring ancestors, while spring outings form another long-standing strand of the day.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
March 1989 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 1/24
New moon
Lunar 2/1
First quarter
Lunar 2/7
Full moon
Lunar 2/15
Last quarter
Lunar 2/23
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
- Yin Wood Pig · 乙亥— 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 Water · Rén 壬 (primary)
- Yang Wood · Jiǎ 甲 (middle)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Fire Rabbit · 丁卯— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yin Earth Snake · 己巳— Fire generates Earth; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Mountain-top Fire · 山头火— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Fire.
- Day animal 生肖
- Pig · 猪— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Earth Snake · 己巳— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Well · 井— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.South palace (南) · Wild dog creature (犴) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- Day officer 建除
- Complete · 成— 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: Northeast (东北)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against planting, saying even many plants may not grow.乙不栽植千株不长The verse cautions against marriage, saying it may disadvantage the groom.亥不嫁娶不利新郎Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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