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Chinese calendar, 13 November 2005
13 November 2005 is lunar month 10, day 12, 2005, the Wood Rooster year. The day pillar is Yin Metal Ox. 9 named Yi activities; 10 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waxing gibbous.
Sunday
November 2005
Lunar date
10th Month · 12th Day
二〇〇五年十月十二
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
Lunar day 12 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 2005-11-13
The daily almanac & observances
辛丑 Yin Metal Ox
The stem gives Metal; the branch gives Ox.
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 10 · 29 days
2 November 2005–30 November 2005. 17 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Winter Solstice
22 December 2005 · 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 2005 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 10/1
First quarter
Lunar 10/8
Full moon
Lunar 10/15
Last quarter
Lunar 10/23
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
- Yin Metal Ox · 辛丑— 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 Earth · Jǐ 己 (primary)
- Yin Water · Guǐ 癸 (middle)
- Yin Metal · Xīn 辛 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Fire Pig · 丁亥— 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
- Wall Earth · 壁上土— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Earth.
- Day animal 生肖
- Ox · 牛— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Wood Goat · 乙未— 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
- Full · 满— 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 ceremonial dress, saying the wearer may not return home.丑不冠带主不还乡Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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