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Chinese calendar, 6 December 2023
6 December 2023 is lunar month 10, day 24, 2023, the Water Rabbit year. The day pillar is Yang Earth Dog. 8 named Yi activities; 5 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waning crescent.
Wednesday
December 2023
Lunar date
10th Month · 24th Day
二〇二三年十月廿四
Year of the
Water generates Wood in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Rabbit’s fixed element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 24 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 2023-12-06
The daily almanac & observances
戊戌 Yang Earth Dog
The stem gives Earth; the branch gives Dog.
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
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Acquire property置产
- Build a boat造船
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
- Dig a well掘井
- Build or install a stove作灶
Month 10 · 30 days
13 November 2023–12 December 2023. 6 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Winter Solstice
22 December 2023 · 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
December 2023 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 10/23
New moon
Lunar 11/1
First quarter
Lunar 11/8
Full moon
Lunar 11/15
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 6 December 2023
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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 Earth Dog · 戊戌— 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 Earth · Wù 戊 (primary)
- Yin Metal · Xīn 辛 (middle)
- Yin Fire · Dīng 丁 (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
- Yin Water Rabbit · 癸卯— Water generates Wood; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Level-ground Wood · 平地木— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Wood.
- Day animal 生肖
- Dog · 狗— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Water Dragon · 壬辰— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Three Stars · 参— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.West palace (西) · Ape creature (猿) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- Day officer 建除
- Close · 闭— 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: North (正北)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against accepting land, saying it may be inauspicious for the owner.戊不受田田主不祥The verse cautions against eating dog meat, saying strange disturbances may reach the bed.戌不吃犬作怪上床Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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