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Chinese calendar, 5 November 2000

5 November 2000 is lunar month 10, day 10, 2000, the Metal Dragon year. The day pillar is Yin Fire Rabbit. 14 named Yi activities; 8 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waxing gibbous.

Solar term

Shuāngjiàng · Frost's Descent

Since 23 October 2000

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Sunday

November 2000

Lunar date

10th Month · 10th Day

二〇〇〇初十

Year of the

Metal Dragon

Yang Metal Dragon · 庚辰

Earth generates Metal in the Five Phases, so the Dragon’s fixed element supports the year element.

Solar term

Shuāngjiàng · Frost's Descent

since 23 October 2000

Moon phase

Waxing gibbous

Lunar day 10 · between principal phases

Daily almanac · 2000-11-05

The daily almanac & observances

5 November 2000
Traditional day classification

Inauspicious · Hei Dao

Gou Chen 勾陈 · 黑道

Huang Dao and Hei Dao name the day-god cycle. For a particular plan, read its Yi and Ji activities below.

Inside this lunar month

Month 10 · 30 days

27 October 200025 November 2000. 20 days remain after this date.

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Next festival & customs

Winter Solstice

21 December 2000 · 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

November 2000 moon phases

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  1. First quarter

    Lunar 10/9

  2. Full moon

    Lunar 10/17

  3. Last quarter

    Lunar 10/23

  4. New moon

    Lunar 11/1

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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This day in the traditional cycles

Each result below names this date’s position and explains what the term means.

Day pillar 日柱
Yin Fire Rabbit · 丁卯— 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 Wood · (primary)
Month pillar 月柱
Yang Fire Dog · 丙戌— 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
Furnace Fire · 炉中火— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Fire.
Day animal 生肖
Rabbit · — the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
Opposes 冲
Yin Metal Rooster · 辛酉— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
Lunar mansion 宿
Hairy Head · — this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.West palace (西) · Rooster creature () · traditionally unfavourable ()
Day officer 建除
Hold · — determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
Auspicious directions 吉方
  • Joy 喜神: South (正南)
  • Blessing 福神: Southeast (东南)
  • Wealth 财神: Southwest (西南)
Three traditional direction markers determined by this date’s heavenly stem.
Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
The verse cautions against cutting hair, saying sores may appear.丁不剃头头必生疮The verse cautions against digging a well, saying the water may not be sweet.卯不穿井水泉不香Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.

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