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Chinese calendar, 25 November 2008
25 November 2008 is lunar month 10, day 28, 2008, the Earth Rat year. The day pillar is Yin Earth Snake. 4 named Yi activities; a general Ji restriction. 7 auspicious time windows; waning crescent.
Tuesday
November 2008
Lunar date
10th Month · 28th Day
二〇〇八年十月廿八
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 28 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 2008-11-25
The daily almanac & observances
己巳 Yin Earth Snake
The stem gives Earth; 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
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Ritual cleansing or removal解除
- Demolish a building破屋
- Demolish a wall坏垣
- No other activities recommended馀事勿取
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Nothing is considered suitable诸事不宜
Month 10 · 30 days
29 October 2008–27 November 2008. 2 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Winter Solstice
21 December 2008 · 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 2008 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 10/9
Full moon
Lunar 10/16
Last quarter
Lunar 10/23
New moon
Lunar 11/1
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 25 November 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 Earth Snake · 己巳— 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 Water Pig · 癸亥— 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
- Great Forest Wood · 大林木— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Wood.
- Day animal 生肖
- Snake · 蛇— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Water Pig · 癸亥— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Turtle Beak · 觜— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.West palace (西) · Monkey creature (猴) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Break · 破— 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: North (正北)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against handling agreements, saying both parties may lose.己不破券二比并亡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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