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Chinese calendar, 20 October 2011
20 October 2011 is lunar month 9, day 24, 2011, the Metal Rabbit year. The day pillar is Yang Earth Monkey. 11 named Yi activities; 8 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; last quarter.
Thursday
October 2011
Lunar date
9th Month · 24th Day
二〇一一年九月廿四
Year of the
Metal restrains Wood in the Five Phases, so the year element is understood as moderating the Rabbit’s fixed element.
Moon phase
11:31 · UTC+8
Daily almanac · 2011-10-20
The daily almanac & observances
戊申 Yang Earth Monkey
The stem gives Earth; the branch gives Monkey.
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 9 · 30 days
27 September 2011–26 October 2011. 6 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Winter Solstice
22 December 2011 · 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
October 2011 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 9/8
Full moon
Lunar 9/16
Last quarter
Lunar 9/24
New moon
Lunar 10/1
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 20 October 2011
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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
- Yang Earth Monkey · 戊申— 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 Metal · Gēng 庚 (primary)
- Yang Water · Rén 壬 (middle)
- Yang Earth · Wù 戊 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yang Earth Dog · 戊戌— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yin Metal Rabbit · 辛卯— Metal controls Wood; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Great Post-road Earth · 大驿土— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Earth.
- Day animal 生肖
- Monkey · 猴— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Water Tiger · 壬寅— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Legs · 奎— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.West palace (西) · Wolf creature (狼) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Open · 开— 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: North (正北)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against accepting land, saying it may be inauspicious for the owner.戊不受田田主不祥The verse cautions against positioning a bed, saying spirits may enter the room.申不安床鬼祟入房Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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