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Chinese calendar, 7 October 2019
7 October 2019 is lunar month 9, day 9, 2019, the Earth Pig year. The day pillar is Yin Fire Ox. 24 named Yi activities; 0 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waxing gibbous.
Monday
October 2019
Lunar date
9th Month · 9th Day
二〇一九年九月初九
Year of the
Earth restrains Water in the Five Phases, so the year element is understood as moderating the Pig’s fixed element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 9 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 2019-10-07
The daily almanac & observances
丁丑 Yin Fire Ox
The stem gives Fire; the branch gives Ox.
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
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Pray for children求嗣
- Bathe沐浴
- Move a sacred altar or flame出火
- Travel出行
- Dismantle a structure拆卸
- Build or renovate修造
- Begin construction earthworks动土
- Add a member to the household进人口
- Open a business or market开市
- Trade交易
- Sign a contract立券
- Move into a new home入宅
- Move residence移徙
- Set up a bed安床
- Plant crops栽种
- Acquire livestock纳畜
- Place the deceased in a coffin入殓
- 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
- None listed无
Month 9 · 29 days
29 September 2019–27 October 2019. 20 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Double Ninth Festival · 重阳节
In Hong Kong, families may visit ancestral graves or hike and picnic in the hills on Chung Yeung, while observance varies across communities.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
October 2019 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 9/8
Full moon
Lunar 9/16
Last quarter
Lunar 9/23
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 7 October 2019
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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 Fire Ox · 丁丑— 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 Earth · Jǐ 己 (primary)
- Yin Water · Guǐ 癸 (middle)
- Yin Metal · Xīn 辛 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Water Rooster · 癸酉— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yin Earth Pig · 己亥— Earth controls Water; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Ravine Water · 涧下水— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Water.
- Day animal 生肖
- Ox · 牛— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Metal Goat · 辛未— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Rooftop · 危— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace (北) · Swallow creature (燕) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Settle · 定— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
- Auspicious directions 吉方
- Joy 喜神: South (正南)
- Blessing 福神: Southeast (东南)
- Wealth 财神: Southwest (西南)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against cutting hair, saying sores may appear.丁不剃头头必生疮The verse cautions against ceremonial dress, saying the wearer may not return home.丑不冠带主不还乡Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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