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Chinese calendar, 20 October 1995
20 October 1995 is lunar leap month 8, day 26, 1995, the Wood Pig year. The day pillar is Yang Wood Monkey. 11 named Yi activities; 6 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waning crescent.
Friday
October 1995
Lunar date
Leap 8th Month · 26th Day
一九九五年闰八月廿六
Year of the
Water generates Wood in the Five Phases, so the Pig’s fixed element supports the year element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 26 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1995-10-20
The daily almanac & observances
甲申 Yang Wood Monkey
The stem gives Wood; the branch gives Monkey.
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
- Open a business or market开市
- Open a storehouse开仓
- Dispatch goods or funds出货财
- Set up a bed安床
- Install a door安门
- Burial安葬
Medical care should follow clinical need; do not postpone treatment because of an almanac entry.
Leap month 8 · 29 days
25 September 1995–23 October 1995. 3 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Double Ninth Festival
1 November 1995 · In Hong Kong, families may visit ancestral graves or hike and picnic in the hills on Chung Yeung, while observance varies across communities.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
October 1995 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar leap 8/7
Full moon
Lunar leap 8/14
Last quarter
Lunar leap 8/23
New moon
Lunar 9/1
First quarter
Lunar 9/8
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
- Yang Wood Monkey · 甲申— 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 Metal · Gēng 庚 (primary)
- Yang Water · Rén 壬 (middle)
- Yang Earth · Wù 戊 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yang Fire Dog · 丙戌— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yin Wood Pig · 乙亥— Water generates Wood; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Spring Water · 泉中水— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Water.
- Day animal 生肖
- Monkey · 猴— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Earth Tiger · 戊寅— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Ghost · 鬼— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.South palace (南) · Goat creature (羊) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- 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 positioning a bed, saying spirits may enter the room.申不安床鬼祟入房Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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20 October 1995 corresponds to lunar year 1995, the leap occurrence of month 8, day 26, in the 乙亥 year — the Year of the Pig. You can enter another date in the date converter.
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