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Chinese calendar, 12 January 2005
12 January 2005 is lunar month 12, day 3, 2004, the Wood Monkey year. The day pillar is Yang Fire Monkey. 29 named Yi activities; 5 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waxing crescent.
Wednesday
January 2005
Lunar date
12th Month · 3rd Day
二〇〇四年腊月初三
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 3 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 2005-01-12
The daily almanac & observances
丙申 Yang Fire Monkey
The stem gives Fire; 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
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Make a formal betrothal proposal纳采
- Formalize a betrothal agreement订盟
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
- Install an incense altar安香
- Move a sacred altar or flame出火
- Receive funds纳财
- Open a business or market开市
- Trade交易
- Sign a contract立券
- Cut or make clothes裁衣
- Roof or build a house盖屋
- Lay a foundation起基
- Build or renovate修造
- Begin construction earthworks动土
- Install a door安门
- Move residence移徙
- Move into a new home入宅
- Plant crops栽种
- Raise livestock牧养
- Hunt畋猎
- Dig a well掘井
- Dig a pond开池
- Burial安葬
- Begin burial excavation破土
- Place the deceased in a coffin入殓
- End the mourning-clothes period除服
- Begin wearing mourning clothes成服
- Erect a memorial stone立碑
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 12 · 30 days
10 January 2005–8 February 2005. 27 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Laba Festival
17 January 2005 · In many parts of China, Laba is marked with multigrain porridge, while ingredients and related foods such as pickled garlic differ by region.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
January 2005 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 11/24
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/8
Full moon
Lunar 12/16
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 Fire Monkey · 丙申— 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 Fire Ox · 丁丑— 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
- Mountain-foot Fire · 山下火— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Fire.
- Day animal 生肖
- Monkey · 猴— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Metal Tiger · 庚寅— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Winnowing Basket · 箕— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.East palace (东) · Leopard creature (豹) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- 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: Southwest (西南)
- Blessing 福神: Northwest (西北)
- Wealth 财神: Southwest (西南)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against repairing a stove, saying misfortune may follow.丙不修灶必见灾殃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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