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Chinese calendar, 4 January 2017
4 January 2017 is lunar month 12, day 7, 2016, the Fire Monkey year. The day pillar is Yin Metal Rabbit. 3 named Yi activities; 6 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waxing crescent.
Wednesday
January 2017
Lunar date
12th Month · 7th Day
二〇一六年腊月初七
Year of the
Fire restrains Metal in the Five Phases, so the year element is understood as moderating the Monkey’s fixed element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 7 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 2017-01-04
The daily almanac & observances
辛卯 Yin Metal Rabbit
The stem gives Metal; the branch gives Rabbit.
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
- Place the deceased in a coffin入殓
- Move a coffin移柩
- No other activities recommended馀事勿取
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 12 · 30 days
29 December 2016–27 January 2017. 23 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Laba Festival
5 January 2017 · In many parts of China, Laba is marked with multigrain porridge, while ingredients and related foods such as pickled garlic differ by region.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
January 2017 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 12/9
Full moon
Lunar 12/15
Last quarter
Lunar 12/23
New moon
Lunar 1/1
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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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 Metal Rabbit · 辛卯— 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.
- Yin Wood · Yǐ 乙 (primary)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yang Metal Rat · 庚子— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Fire Monkey · 丙申— Fire controls Metal; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Pine and Cypress Wood · 松柏木— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Wood.
- Day animal 生肖
- Rabbit · 兔— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Wood Rooster · 乙酉— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Wall · 壁— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace (北) · Yu beast creature (獝) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- Day officer 建除
- Balance · 平— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
- Auspicious directions 吉方
- Joy 喜神: Southwest (西南)
- Blessing 福神: Northwest (西北)
- Wealth 财神: East (正东)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against making sauce, saying the household may not taste it.辛不合酱主人不尝The verse cautions against digging a well, saying the water may not be sweet.卯不穿井水泉不香Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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