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Chinese calendar, 13 January 1998
13 January 1998 is lunar month 12, day 15, 1997, the Fire Ox year. The day pillar is Yang Metal Monkey. 23 named Yi activities; 5 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; full moon.
Tuesday
January 1998
Lunar date
12th Month · 15th Day
一九九七年腊月十五
Year of the
Fire generates Earth in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Ox’s fixed element.
Moon phase
01:24 · UTC+8
Daily almanac · 1998-01-13
The daily almanac & observances
庚申 Yang Metal Monkey
The stem gives Metal; 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
- Make a formal betrothal proposal纳采
- Formalize a betrothal agreement订盟
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Pray for children求嗣
- Move a sacred altar or flame出火
- Sculpt or paint sacred images塑绘
- Cut or make clothes裁衣
- Meet relatives and friends会亲友
- Begin school入学
- Dismantle a structure拆卸
- Clean the house扫舍
- Build a storehouse造仓
- Hang a signboard or plaque挂匾
- Dig a well掘井
- Dig a pond开池
- Make fishing nets结网
- Plant crops栽种
- Acquire livestock纳畜
- Begin burial excavation破土
- Repair a grave修坟
- Erect a memorial stone立碑
- Burial安葬
- Place the deceased in a coffin入殓
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 12 · 29 days
30 December 1997–27 January 1998. 14 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Lunar New Year's Eve
27 January 1998 · In China, many families share a reunion dinner and stay up late to greet the new year, while the meal and surrounding rituals vary by region.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
January 1998 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 12/7
Full moon
Lunar 12/15
Last quarter
Lunar 12/23
New moon
Lunar 1/1
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
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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 Monkey · 庚申— 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
- Yin Water Ox · 癸丑— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yin Fire Ox · 丁丑— Fire generates Earth; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Pomegranate Wood · 石榴木— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Wood.
- Day animal 生肖
- Monkey · 猴— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Wood Tiger · 甲寅— 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
- Danger · 危— 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 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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