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Chinese calendar, 17 December 1996
17 December 1996 is lunar month 11, day 7, 1996, the Fire Rat year. The day pillar is Yang Earth Rat. 3 named Yi activities; 6 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; first quarter.
Tuesday
December 1996
Lunar date
11th Month · 7th Day
一九九六年冬月初七
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
17:31 · UTC+8
Daily almanac · 1996-12-17
The daily almanac & observances
戊子 Yang Earth Rat
The stem gives Earth; 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
- Prepare wedding bed curtains合帐
- Cut or make clothes裁衣
- Train cattle or horses教牛马
- No other activities recommended馀事勿取
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 11 · 29 days
11 December 1996–8 January 1997. 22 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
December 1996 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 10/23
New moon
Lunar 11/1
First quarter
Lunar 11/7
Full moon
Lunar 11/15
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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Explore the days around 17 December 1996
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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 Earth Rat · 戊子— 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 Metal Rat · 庚子— 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
- Thunderbolt Fire · 霹雳火— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Fire.
- Day animal 生肖
- Rat · 鼠— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Water Horse · 壬午— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Wings · 翼— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.South palace (南) · Snake creature (蛇) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Establish · 建— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
- Auspicious directions 吉方
- Joy 喜神: Southeast (东南)
- Blessing 福神: Northeast (东北)
- Wealth 财神: North (正北)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against accepting land, saying it may be inauspicious for the owner.戊不受田田主不祥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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