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Chinese calendar, 23 October 2019
23 October 2019 is lunar month 9, day 25, 2019, the Earth Pig year. The day pillar is Yin Water Snake. 13 named Yi activities; 4 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waning crescent.
Wednesday
October 2019
Lunar date
9th Month · 25th Day
二〇一九年九月廿五
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 25 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 2019-10-23
The daily almanac & observances
癸巳 Yin Water Snake
The stem gives Water; the branch gives Snake.
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
- Meet relatives and friends会亲友
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Formalize a betrothal agreement订盟
- Make a formal betrothal proposal纳采
- Welcome a resident son-in-law纳婿
- Dismantle a structure拆卸
- Build or renovate修造
- Begin construction earthworks动土
- Lay a foundation起基
- Erect pillars竖柱
- Raise the main roof beam上梁
- Set up a bed安床
- Receive funds纳财
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 9 · 29 days
29 September 2019–27 October 2019. 4 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Winter Solstice
22 December 2019 · 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 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 23 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 Water Snake · 癸巳— 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 Fire · Bǐng 丙 (primary)
- Yang Metal · Gēng 庚 (middle)
- Yang Earth · Wù 戊 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yang Wood Dog · 甲戌— 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
- Long-flowing Water · 长流水— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Water.
- Day animal 生肖
- Snake · 蛇— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Fire Pig · 丁亥— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Chariot · 轸— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.South palace (南) · Earthworm creature (蚓) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- 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: Southeast (东南)
- Blessing 福神: Northeast (东北)
- Wealth 财神: South (正南)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against lawsuits, saying one’s case may be weaker than the opponent’s.癸不词讼理弱敌强The verse cautions against long travel, saying possessions may be hidden or lost.巳不远行财物伏藏Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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