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Chinese calendar, 26 December 2033
26 December 2033 is lunar leap month 11, day 5, 2033, the Water Ox year. The day pillar is Yin Metal Pig. 11 named Yi activities; 6 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waxing crescent.
Monday
December 2033
Lunar date
Leap 11th Month · 5th Day
二〇三三年闰冬月初五
Year of the
Earth restrains Water in the Five Phases, so the Ox’s fixed element is understood as moderating the year element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 5 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 2033-12-26
The daily almanac & observances
辛亥 Yin Metal Pig
The stem gives Metal; the branch gives Pig.
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
- Make structural beams作梁
- Build or renovate修造
- Begin construction earthworks动土
- Install a door安门
- Build or install a stove作灶
- Seal openings塞穴
- Dig a pond开池
- Dig or open a latrine开厕
- Build an embankment筑堤
- Repair a wall补垣
- Plant crops栽种
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Dig a well掘井
- Hold funeral rites行丧
- Burial安葬
- Set up a bed安床
Leap month 11 · 29 days
22 December 2033–19 January 2034. 24 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Laba Festival
27 January 2034 · In many parts of China, Laba is marked with multigrain porridge, while ingredients and related foods such as pickled garlic differ by region.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
December 2033 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 11/15
Last quarter
Lunar 11/22
New moon
Lunar leap 11/1
First quarter
Lunar leap 11/8
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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Explore the days around 26 December 2033
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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 Pig · 辛亥— 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 Water · Rén 壬 (primary)
- Yang Wood · Jiǎ 甲 (middle)
- 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 Ox · 癸丑— Earth controls Water; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Hairpin and Bracelet Metal · 钗钏金— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Metal.
- Day animal 生肖
- Pig · 猪— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Wood Snake · 乙巳— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Extended Net · 张— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.South palace (南) · Deer creature (鹿) · 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: 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 marriage, saying it may disadvantage the groom.亥不嫁娶不利新郎Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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