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Chinese calendar, 2 December 1994
2 December 1994 is lunar month 10, day 30, 1994, the Wood Dog year. The day pillar is Yang Water Dog. 9 named Yi activities; 5 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waning crescent.
Friday
December 1994
Lunar date
10th Month · 30th Day
一九九四年十月三十
Year of the
Wood restrains Earth in the Five Phases, so the year element is understood as moderating the Dog’s fixed element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 30 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1994-12-02
The daily almanac & observances
壬戌 Yang Water Dog
The stem gives Water; 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
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Coming-of-age ceremony冠笄
- Set up a bed安床
- Make a formal betrothal proposal纳采
- Meet relatives and friends会亲友
- Seal openings塞穴
- Trap or capture捕捉
- Acquire property置产
- Build a livestock enclosure造畜稠
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 10 · 30 days
3 November 1994–2 December 1994. This is the final day of the month.
Follow the Moon through this month →Winter Solstice
22 December 1994 · 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 1994 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 11/1
First quarter
Lunar 11/8
Full moon
Lunar 11/16
Last quarter
Lunar 11/24
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
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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 Water Dog · 壬戌— 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
- Yin Wood Pig · 乙亥— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Wood Dog · 甲戌— Wood controls 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
- Dog · 狗— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Fire Dragon · 丙辰— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Ox · 牛— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace (北) · Ox creature (牛) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Close · 闭— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
- Auspicious directions 吉方
- Joy 喜神: South (正南)
- Blessing 福神: Southeast (东南)
- Wealth 财神: South (正南)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against drawing water, saying trouble may be hard to guard against.壬不泱水更难提防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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