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Chinese calendar, 21 December 2023
21 December 2023 is lunar month 11, day 9, 2023, the Water Rabbit year. The day pillar is Yin Water Ox. 15 named Yi activities; 6 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waxing gibbous.
Thursday
December 2023
Lunar date
11th Month · 9th Day
二〇二三年冬月初九
Year of the
Water generates Wood in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Rabbit’s fixed element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 9 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 2023-12-21
The daily almanac & observances
癸丑 Yin Water Ox
The stem gives Water; 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
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Build or install a stove作灶
- Sculpt or paint sacred images塑绘
- Hold funeral rites行丧
- Legal proceedings词讼
- Fell timber伐木
- Burial安葬
Month 11 · 29 days
13 December 2023–10 January 2024. 20 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 21 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
- Yin Water Ox · 癸丑— 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
- Yang Wood Rat · 甲子— 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
- Mulberry Wood · 桑柘木— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Wood.
- Day animal 生肖
- Ox · 牛— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Fire Goat · 丁未— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Dipper · 斗— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace (北) · Xiezhi creature (獬) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- Day officer 建除
- Remove · 除— 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 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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