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Chinese calendar, 10 September 2008
10 September 2008 is lunar month 8, day 11, 2008, the Earth Rat year. The day pillar is Yin Water Ox. 17 named Yi activities; 5 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waxing gibbous.
Wednesday
September 2008
Lunar date
8th Month · 11th Day
二〇〇八年八月十一
Year of the
Earth restrains Water in the Five Phases, so the year element is understood as moderating the Rat’s fixed element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 11 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 2008-09-10
The daily almanac & observances
癸丑 Yin Water Ox
The stem gives Water; 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
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Build a vehicle or carriage造车器
- Install machinery安机械
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
- Install an incense altar安香
- Move a sacred altar or flame出火
- Travel出行
- Open a business or market开市
- Sign a contract立券
- Build or renovate修造
- Begin construction earthworks动土
- Move residence移徙
- Move into a new home入宅
- Begin burial excavation破土
- Burial安葬
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Make a formal betrothal proposal纳采
- Formalize a betrothal agreement订盟
- Erect construction scaffolding架马
- Legal proceedings词讼
- Dig a canal开渠
Month 8 · 29 days
31 August 2008–28 September 2008. 18 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Mid-Autumn Festival
14 September 2008 · 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 2008 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 8/8
Full moon
Lunar 8/16
Last quarter
Lunar 8/23
New moon
Lunar 9/1
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 10 September 2008
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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 Water Ox · 癸丑— 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 Metal Rooster · 辛酉— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Earth Rat · 戊子— Earth controls Water; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Mulberry Wood · 桑柘木— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Wood.
- Day animal 生肖
- Ox · 牛— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Fire Goat · 丁未— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Chariot · 轸— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.South palace (南) · Earthworm creature (蚓) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- Day officer 建除
- Settle · 定— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
- Auspicious directions 吉方
- Joy 喜神: Southeast (东南)
- Blessing 福神: Northeast (东北)
- Wealth 财神: South (正南)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against lawsuits, saying one’s case may be weaker than the opponent’s.癸不词讼理弱敌强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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