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Chinese calendar, 24 January 2012
24 January 2012 is lunar month 1, day 2, 2012, the Water Dragon year. The day pillar is Yang Wood Monkey. 18 named Yi activities; 4 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waxing crescent.
Tuesday
January 2012
Lunar date
1st Month · 2nd Day
二〇一二年正月初二
Year of the
Earth restrains Water in the Five Phases, so the Dragon’s fixed element is understood as moderating the year element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 2 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 2012-01-24
The daily almanac & observances
甲申 Yang Wood Monkey
The stem gives Wood; 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
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Open a business or market开市
- Trade交易
- Sign a contract立券
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
- Travel出行
- Move a sacred altar or flame出火
- Dismantle a structure拆卸
- Build or renovate修造
- Move into a new home入宅
- Move residence移徙
- Begin construction earthworks动土
- Begin burial excavation破土
- Move a coffin移柩
- Burial安葬
- Reopen a grave for reburial启钻
- End the mourning-clothes period除服
- Begin wearing mourning clothes成服
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 1 · 30 days
23 January 2012–21 February 2012. 28 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Lantern Festival
6 February 2012 · In Shanghai and many other Chinese communities, people may view lantern displays, solve lantern riddles and eat yuanxiao or tangyuan, with recipes and events varying by place.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
January 2012 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 12/8
Full moon
Lunar 12/16
Last quarter
Lunar 12/23
New moon
Lunar 1/1
First quarter
Lunar 1/9
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 24 January 2012
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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 Wood Monkey · 甲申— 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
- Yin Metal Ox · 辛丑— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Water Dragon · 壬辰— Earth controls Water; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Spring Water · 泉中水— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Water.
- Day animal 生肖
- Monkey · 猴— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Earth Tiger · 戊寅— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Wings · 翼— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.South palace (南) · Snake creature (蛇) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Danger · 危— 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)
- 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 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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