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Chinese calendar, 20 December 2009
20 December 2009 is lunar month 11, day 5, 2009, the Earth Ox year. The day pillar is Yin Earth Pig. 5 named Yi activities; 2 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waxing crescent.
Sunday
December 2009
Lunar date
11th Month · 5th Day
二〇〇九年冬月初五
Year of the
Earth is both the year element and the Ox’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Earth.
Moon phase
Lunar day 5 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 2009-12-20
The daily almanac & observances
己亥 Yin Earth Pig
The stem gives Earth; the branch gives Pig.
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 11 · 30 days
16 December 2009–14 January 2010. 25 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →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
December 2009 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 10/16
Last quarter
Lunar 10/23
New moon
Lunar 11/1
First quarter
Lunar 11/10
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 20 December 2009
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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 Pig · 己亥— 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 Water · Rén 壬 (primary)
- Yang Wood · Jiǎ 甲 (middle)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yang Fire Rat · 丙子— 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
- Level-ground Wood · 平地木— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Wood.
- Day animal 生肖
- Pig · 猪— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Water Snake · 癸巳— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Hairy Head · 昴— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.West palace (西) · Rooster creature (鸡) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Close · 闭— 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 marriage, saying it may disadvantage the groom.亥不嫁娶不利新郎Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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