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Chinese calendar, 23 November 2024
23 November 2024 is lunar month 10, day 23, 2024, the Wood Dragon year. The day pillar is Yin Metal Rabbit. 17 named Yi activities; 3 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; last quarter.
Saturday
November 2024
Lunar date
10th Month · 23rd Day
二〇二四年十月廿三
Year of the
Wood restrains Earth in the Five Phases, so the year element is understood as moderating the Dragon’s fixed element.
Moon phase
09:28 · UTC+8
Daily almanac · 2024-11-23
The daily almanac & observances
辛卯 Yin Metal Rabbit
The stem gives Metal; the branch gives Rabbit.
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
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
- Move a sacred altar or flame出火
- Travel出行
- Dismantle a structure拆卸
- Open a business or market开市
- Trade交易
- Sign a contract立券
- Hang a signboard or plaque挂匾
- Fell timber伐木
- Move into a new home入宅
- Move residence移徙
- Set up a bed安床
- Burial安葬
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Plant crops栽种
- Dig a well掘井
- Acquire property置产
Month 10 · 30 days
1 November 2024–30 November 2024. 7 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Winter Solstice
21 December 2024 · 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 2024 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 10/1
First quarter
Lunar 10/9
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 →
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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 Metal Rabbit · 辛卯— 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 Wood · Yǐ 乙 (primary)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Wood Pig · 乙亥— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Wood Dragon · 甲辰— Wood controls Earth; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Pine and Cypress Wood · 松柏木— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Wood.
- Day animal 生肖
- Rabbit · 兔— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Wood Rooster · 乙酉— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Girl · 女— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.North palace (北) · Bat creature (蝠) · 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: Southwest (西南)
- Blessing 福神: Northwest (西北)
- Wealth 财神: East (正东)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against making sauce, saying the household may not taste it.辛不合酱主人不尝The verse cautions against digging a well, saying the water may not be sweet.卯不穿井水泉不香Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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