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Chinese calendar, 4 December 2003
4 December 2003 is lunar month 11, day 11, 2003, the Water Goat year. The day pillar is Yin Metal Pig. 3 named Yi activities; 5 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waxing gibbous.
Thursday
December 2003
Lunar date
11th Month · 11th Day
二〇〇三年冬月十一
Year of the
Earth restrains Water in the Five Phases, so the Goat’s fixed element is understood as moderating the year element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 11 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 2003-12-04
The daily almanac & observances
辛亥 Yin Metal Pig
The stem gives Metal; the branch gives Pig.
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
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Bathe沐浴
- Travel出行
- No other activities recommended馀事勿取
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 11 · 29 days
24 November 2003–22 December 2003. 18 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Winter Solstice
22 December 2003 · 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 2003 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 11/8
Full moon
Lunar 11/16
Last quarter
Lunar 11/24
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/8
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
- Yin Metal Pig · 辛亥— 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 Water · Rén 壬 (primary)
- Yang Wood · Jiǎ 甲 (middle)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Water Pig · 癸亥— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yin Water Goat · 癸未— Earth controls Water; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Hairpin and Bracelet Metal · 钗钏金— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Metal.
- Day animal 生肖
- Pig · 猪— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Wood Snake · 乙巳— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Well · 井— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.South palace (南) · Wild dog creature (犴) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- 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: Southwest (西南)
- Blessing 福神: Northwest (西北)
- Wealth 财神: East (正东)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against making sauce, saying the household may not taste it.辛不合酱主人不尝The verse cautions against marriage, saying it may disadvantage the groom.亥不嫁娶不利新郎Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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