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Chinese calendar, 24 December 1992
24 December 1992 is lunar month 12, day 1, 1992, the Water Monkey year. The day pillar is Yang Wood Dog. 23 named Yi activities; 10 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; new moon.
Thursday
December 1992
Lunar date
12th Month · 1st Day
一九九二年腊月初一
Year of the
Metal generates Water in the Five Phases, so the Monkey’s fixed element supports the year element.
Moon phase
08:43 · UTC+8
Daily almanac · 1992-12-24
The daily almanac & observances
甲戌 Yang Wood Dog
The stem gives Wood; 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
- Make a formal betrothal proposal纳采
- Formalize a betrothal agreement订盟
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Pray for children求嗣
- Sculpt or paint sacred images塑绘
- Ritual cleansing or removal解除
- Dismantle a structure拆卸
- Build or renovate修造
- Begin construction earthworks动土
- Erect pillars竖柱
- Raise the main roof beam上梁
- Install a door安门
- Acquire property置产
- Dig a pond开池
- Dig a well掘井
- Acquire livestock纳畜
- Set up a bed安床
- Plant crops栽种
- Build a livestock enclosure造畜稠
- Begin burial excavation破土
- Move a coffin移柩
- Erect a memorial stone立碑
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 12 · 30 days
24 December 1992–22 January 1993. 29 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Laba Festival
31 December 1992 · 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
December 1992 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 11/9
Full moon
Lunar 11/17
Last quarter
Lunar 11/24
New moon
Lunar 12/1
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 24 December 1992
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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 Dog · 甲戌— 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
- Yang Water Rat · 壬子— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Water Monkey · 壬申— Metal generates Water; 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
- Dog · 狗— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Earth Dragon · 戊辰— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Horn · 角— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.East palace (东) · Flood dragon creature (蛟) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- Day officer 建除
- Open · 开— 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 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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