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Chinese calendar, 30 November 2018
30 November 2018 is lunar month 10, day 23, 2018, the Earth Dog year. The day pillar is Yang Fire Tiger. 31 named Yi activities; 4 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; last quarter.
Friday
November 2018
Lunar date
10th Month · 23rd Day
二〇一八年十月廿三
Year of the
Earth is both the year element and the Dog’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Earth.
Moon phase
08:19 · UTC+8
Daily almanac · 2018-11-30
The daily almanac & observances
丙寅 Yang Fire Tiger
The stem gives Fire; the branch gives Tiger.
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
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Formalize a betrothal agreement订盟
- Make a formal betrothal proposal纳采
- Cut or make clothes裁衣
- Dismantle a structure拆卸
- Build or renovate修造
- Begin construction earthworks动土
- Lay a foundation起基
- Set up a bed安床
- Move residence移徙
- Move into a new home入宅
- Install an incense altar安香
- End the mourning-clothes period除服
- Begin wearing mourning clothes成服
- Place the deceased in a coffin入殓
- Move a coffin移柩
- Burial安葬
- Thanksgiving rite after building谢土
- Take up a post赴任
- Meet relatives and friends会亲友
- Add a member to the household进人口
- Travel出行
- Erect pillars竖柱
- Raise the main roof beam上梁
- Set up a loom's warp经络
- Open a business or market开市
- Trade交易
- Sign a contract立券
- Receive funds纳财
- Open a storehouse开仓
忌 Traditionally avoid
Medical care should follow clinical need; do not postpone treatment because of an almanac entry.
Month 10 · 29 days
8 November 2018–6 December 2018. 6 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Winter Solstice
22 December 2018 · 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 2018 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 9/24
New moon
Lunar 10/1
First quarter
Lunar 10/8
Full moon
Lunar 10/16
Last quarter
Lunar 10/23
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 30 November 2018
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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 Fire Tiger · 丙寅— 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 甲 (primary)
- Yang Fire · Bǐng 丙 (middle)
- Yang Earth · Wù 戊 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Water Pig · 癸亥— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Earth Dog · 戊戌— Earth reinforces Earth; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Furnace Fire · 炉中火— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Fire.
- Day animal 生肖
- Tiger · 虎— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Metal Monkey · 庚申— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Ox · 牛— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace (北) · Ox creature (牛) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- 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: Southwest (西南)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against repairing a stove, saying misfortune may follow.丙不修灶必见灾殃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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