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Chinese calendar, 2 October 2004
2 October 2004 is lunar month 8, day 19, 2004, the Wood Monkey year. The day pillar is Yang Wood Tiger. 8 named Yi activities; 7 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waning gibbous.
Saturday
October 2004
Lunar date
8th Month · 19th Day
二〇〇四年八月十九
Year of the
Metal restrains Wood in the Five Phases, so the Monkey’s fixed element is understood as moderating the year element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 19 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 2004-10-02
The daily almanac & observances
甲寅 Yang Wood Tiger
The stem gives Wood; the branch gives Tiger.
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
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 8 · 30 days
14 September 2004–13 October 2004. 11 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Double Ninth Festival
22 October 2004 · In Hong Kong, families may visit ancestral graves or hike and picnic in the hills on Chung Yeung, while observance varies across communities.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
October 2004 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 8/23
New moon
Lunar 9/1
First quarter
Lunar 9/8
Full moon
Lunar 9/15
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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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 Tiger · 甲寅— 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 Wood · Jiǎ 甲 (primary)
- Yang Fire · Bǐng 丙 (middle)
- Yang Earth · Wù 戊 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Water Rooster · 癸酉— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Wood Monkey · 甲申— Metal controls Wood; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Great Stream Water · 大溪水— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Water.
- Day animal 生肖
- Tiger · 虎— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Earth Monkey · 戊申— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Stomach · 胃— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.West palace (西) · Boar creature (彘) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- Day officer 建除
- Hold · 执— 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 ritual offerings, saying spirits may not receive them.寅不祭祀神鬼不尝Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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