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Chinese calendar, 30 October 1989
30 October 1989 is lunar month 10, day 2, 1989, the Earth Snake year. The day pillar is Yin Water Pig. 12 named Yi activities; 8 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waxing crescent.
Monday
October 1989
Lunar date
10th Month · 2nd Day
一九八九年十月初二
Year of the
Fire generates Earth in the Five Phases, so the Snake’s fixed element supports the year element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 2 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1989-10-30
The daily almanac & observances
癸亥 Yin Water Pig
The stem gives Water; 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
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Burial安葬
- Hold funeral rites行丧
- Legal proceedings词讼
- Build a bridge造桥
- Build or install a stove作灶
- Begin burial excavation破土
- Begin construction earthworks动土
Month 10 · 30 days
29 October 1989–27 November 1989. 28 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Winter Solstice
22 December 1989 · 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
October 1989 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 9/9
Full moon
Lunar 9/16
Last quarter
Lunar 9/22
New moon
Lunar 10/1
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 Pig · 癸亥— 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
- Yang Wood Dog · 甲戌— 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
- Great Sea Water · 大海水— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Water.
- Day animal 生肖
- Pig · 猪— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Fire Snake · 丁巳— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Extended Net · 张— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.South palace (南) · Deer creature (鹿) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- Day officer 建除
- Remove · 除— 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 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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