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Chinese calendar, 5 November 2009

5 November 2009 is lunar month 9, day 19, 2009, the Earth Ox year. The day pillar is Yang Wood Tiger. 6 named Yi activities; 0 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waning gibbous.

Solar term

Shuāngjiàng · Frost's Descent

Since 23 October 2009

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November 2009

Lunar date

9th Month · 19th Day

二〇〇九十九

Year of the

Earth Ox

Yin Earth Ox · 己丑

Earth is both the year element and the Ox’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Earth.

Solar term

Shuāngjiàng · Frost's Descent

since 23 October 2009

Moon phase

Waning gibbous

Lunar day 19 · between principal phases

Daily almanac · 2009-11-05

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5 November 2009
Traditional day classification

Auspicious · Huang Dao

Controller of Destiny 司命 · 黄道

Huang Dao and Hei Dao name the day-god cycle. For a particular plan, read its Yi and Ji activities below.

Inside this lunar month

Month 9 · 30 days

18 October 200916 November 2009. 11 days remain after this date.

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Next festival & customs

Winter Solstice

22 December 2009 · 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 2009 moon phases

Read the phase guide →
  1. Full moon

    Lunar 9/17

  2. Last quarter

    Lunar 9/23

  3. New moon

    Lunar 10/1

  4. First quarter

    Lunar 10/9

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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Gregorian dates and corresponding Chinese lunar month and day for November 2009
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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 Wood Tiger · 甲寅— 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 Wood · Jiǎ (primary)
  • Yang Fire · Bǐng (middle)
  • Yang Earth · (residual)
Month pillar 月柱
Yang Wood Dog · 甲戌— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
Year pillar 年柱
Yin Earth Ox · 己丑Earth reinforces Earth; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
Day Na Yin 纳音
Great Stream Water · 大溪水— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Water.
Day animal 生肖
Tiger · — the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
Opposes 冲
Yang Earth Monkey · 戊申— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
Lunar mansion 宿
Horn · — this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.East palace () · Flood dragon creature () · traditionally favourable ()
Day officer 建除
Settle · — 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: Northeast (东北)
Three traditional direction markers determined by this date’s heavenly stem.
Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
The verse cautions against opening a storehouse, saying possessions may be lost.甲不开仓财物耗散The verse cautions against ritual offerings, saying spirits may not receive them.寅不祭祀神鬼不尝Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.

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