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Chinese calendar, 3 September 2000
3 September 2000 is lunar month 8, day 6, 2000, the Metal Dragon year. The day pillar is Yang Wood Rat. 24 named Yi activities; 5 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waxing crescent.
Sunday
September 2000
Lunar date
8th Month · 6th Day
二〇〇〇年八月初六
Year of the
Earth generates Metal in the Five Phases, so the Dragon’s fixed element supports the year element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 6 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 2000-09-03
The daily almanac & observances
甲子 Yang Wood Rat
The stem gives Wood; 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
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Pray for children求嗣
- Move a sacred altar or flame出火
- Travel出行
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
- Ritual cleansing or removal解除
- Dismantle a structure拆卸
- Build or renovate修造
- Add a member to the household进人口
- Install an incense altar安香
- Trade交易
- Sign a contract立券
- Move into a new home入宅
- Move residence移徙
- Set up a bed安床
- Begin construction earthworks动土
- Begin burial excavation破土
- Thanksgiving rite after building谢土
- Burial安葬
- Place the deceased in a coffin入殓
- End the mourning-clothes period除服
- Begin wearing mourning clothes成服
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Daoist fasting and offering rites斋醮
- Open a business or market开市
- Open a storehouse开仓
- Build or install a stove作灶
- Build a boat造船
Month 8 · 30 days
29 August 2000–27 September 2000. 24 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Mid-Autumn Festival
12 September 2000 · Among Chinese communities in Singapore, families may share mooncakes, pomelo and tea while children carry lanterns, with household practices varying.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
September 2000 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 8/9
Full moon
Lunar 8/17
Last quarter
Lunar 8/24
New moon
Lunar 9/1
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
Explore the days around 3 September 2000
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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 Rat · 甲子— 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 Wood Monkey · 甲申— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Metal Dragon · 庚辰— Earth generates Metal; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Sea Metal · 海中金— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Metal.
- Day animal 生肖
- Rat · 鼠— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Earth Horse · 戊午— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Emptiness · 虚— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace (北) · Rat creature (鼠) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Settle · 定— 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 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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