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Chinese calendar, 30 October 1996
30 October 1996 is lunar month 9, day 19, 1996, the Fire Rat year. The day pillar is Yang Metal Rat. 5 named Yi activities; 3 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waning gibbous.
Wednesday
October 1996
Lunar date
9th Month · 19th Day
一九九六年九月十九
Year of the
Water restrains Fire in the Five Phases, so the Rat’s fixed element is understood as moderating the year element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 19 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 1996-10-30
The daily almanac & observances
庚子 Yang Metal Rat
The stem gives Metal; the branch gives Rat.
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
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
- Acupuncture or moxibustion针灸
- Meet relatives and friends会亲友
- Reopen a grave for reburial启钻
- Burial安葬
忌 Traditionally avoid
Medical care should follow clinical need; do not postpone treatment because of an almanac entry.
Month 9 · 30 days
12 October 1996–10 November 1996. 11 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Winter Solstice
21 December 1996 · 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 1996 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 8/22
New moon
Lunar 9/1
First quarter
Lunar 9/9
Full moon
Lunar 9/15
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 Metal Rat · 庚子— 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.
- Yin Water · Guǐ 癸 (primary)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yang Earth Dog · 戊戌— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Fire Rat · 丙子— Water controls Fire; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Wall Earth · 壁上土— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Earth.
- Day animal 生肖
- Rat · 鼠— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Wood Horse · 甲午— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Winnowing Basket · 箕— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.East palace (东) · Leopard creature (豹) · 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: Northwest (西北)
- Blessing 福神: Southwest (西南)
- Wealth 财神: East (正东)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against setting warp and weft, saying the loom may stand empty.庚不经络织机虚张The verse cautions against divination, saying it may invite trouble.子不问卜自惹祸殃Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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