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Chinese calendar, 18 September 2005
18 September 2005 is lunar month 8, day 15, 2005, the Wood Rooster year. The day pillar is Yin Wood Snake. 17 named Yi activities; 8 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; full moon.
Sunday
September 2005
Lunar date
8th Month · 15th Day
二〇〇五年八月十五
Year of the
Metal restrains Wood in the Five Phases, so the Rooster’s fixed element is understood as moderating the year element.
Moon phase
10:01 · UTC+8
Daily almanac · 2005-09-18
The daily almanac & observances
乙巳 Yin Wood Snake
The stem gives Wood; the branch gives Snake.
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
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Pray for children求嗣
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
- Ritual cleansing or removal解除
- Add a member to the household进人口
- Move into a new home入宅
- Move residence移徙
- Move a sacred altar or flame出火
- Set up a bed安床
- Open a business or market开市
- Trade交易
- Sign a contract立券
- Hang a signboard or plaque挂匾
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Burial安葬
- Acquire livestock纳畜
- Travel出行
- Hold funeral rites行丧
- Fell timber伐木
- Plant crops栽种
- Build a temple造庙
- Build a bridge造桥
Month 8 · 29 days
4 September 2005–2 October 2005. 14 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Mid-Autumn Festival · 中秋节
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 2005 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 8/1
First quarter
Lunar 8/8
Full moon
Lunar 8/15
Last quarter
Lunar 8/22
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 18 September 2005
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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 Wood Snake · 乙巳— 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 Fire · Bǐng 丙 (primary)
- Yang Metal · Gēng 庚 (middle)
- Yang Earth · Wù 戊 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Wood Rooster · 乙酉— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yin Wood Rooster · 乙酉— Metal controls Wood; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Covered-lamp Fire · 覆灯火— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Fire.
- Day animal 生肖
- Snake · 蛇— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Earth Pig · 己亥— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Room · 房— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.East palace (东) · Rabbit creature (兔) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- Day officer 建除
- Complete · 成— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
- Auspicious directions 吉方
- Joy 喜神: Northwest (西北)
- Blessing 福神: Southwest (西南)
- Wealth 财神: Northeast (东北)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against planting, saying even many plants may not grow.乙不栽植千株不长The verse cautions against long travel, saying possessions may be hidden or lost.巳不远行财物伏藏Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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