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Chinese calendar, 1 October 1990
1 October 1990 is lunar month 8, day 13, 1990, the Metal Horse year. The day pillar is Yin Earth Pig. 17 named Yi activities; 7 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waxing gibbous.
Monday
October 1990
Lunar date
8th Month · 13th Day
一九九〇年八月十三
Year of the
Fire restrains Metal in the Five Phases, so the Horse’s fixed element is understood as moderating the year element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 13 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1990-10-01
The daily almanac & observances
己亥 Yin Earth Pig
The stem gives Earth; 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
- Make a formal betrothal proposal纳采
- Formalize a betrothal agreement订盟
- Open a business or market开市
- Trade交易
- Sign a contract立券
- Hang a signboard or plaque挂匾
- Receive funds纳财
- Plant crops栽种
- Add a member to the household进人口
- Move into a new home入宅
- Move residence移徙
- Set up a bed安床
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
- Move a sacred altar or flame出火
- Dismantle a structure拆卸
- Install a door安门
- Build or renovate修造
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 8 · 29 days
19 September 1990–17 October 1990. 16 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Mid-Autumn Festival
3 October 1990 · 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
October 1990 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 8/16
Last quarter
Lunar 8/23
New moon
Lunar 9/1
First quarter
Lunar 9/10
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 Earth Pig · 己亥— 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 Wood Rooster · 乙酉— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Metal Horse · 庚午— Fire controls Metal; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Level-ground Wood · 平地木— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Wood.
- Day animal 生肖
- Pig · 猪— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Water Snake · 癸巳— 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
- Full · 满— 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: North (正北)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against handling agreements, saying both parties may lose.己不破券二比并亡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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