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Chinese calendar, 28 December 2036
28 December 2036 is lunar month 11, day 12, 2036, the Fire Dragon year. The day pillar is Yin Earth Snake. 15 named Yi activities; 4 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waxing gibbous.
Sunday
December 2036
Lunar date
11th Month · 12th Day
二〇三六年冬月十二
Year of the
Fire generates Earth in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Dragon’s fixed element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 12 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 2036-12-28
The daily almanac & observances
己巳 Yin Earth Snake
The stem gives Earth; 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
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Coming-of-age ceremony冠笄
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Pray for children求嗣
- Daoist fasting and offering rites斋醮
- Add a member to the household进人口
- Meet relatives and friends会亲友
- Fell timber伐木
- Make structural beams作梁
- Cut joints in columns or beams开柱眼
- Set up a bed安床
- Dig a well掘井
- Trap or capture捕捉
- Hunt畋猎
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Prepare a grave in advance开生坟
- Begin burial excavation破土
- Hold funeral rites行丧
- Burial安葬
Month 11 · 30 days
17 December 2036–15 January 2037. 18 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Laba Festival
23 January 2037 · 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 2036 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 10/16
Last quarter
Lunar 10/23
New moon
Lunar 11/1
First quarter
Lunar 11/10
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 28 December 2036
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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 Earth Snake · 己巳— 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 Metal Rat · 庚子— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Fire Dragon · 丙辰— Fire generates Earth; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Great Forest Wood · 大林木— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Wood.
- Day animal 生肖
- Snake · 蛇— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Water Pig · 癸亥— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Room · 房— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.East palace (东) · Rabbit creature (兔) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- Day officer 建除
- Hold · 执— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
- Auspicious directions 吉方
- Joy 喜神: Northeast (东北)
- Blessing 福神: North (正北)
- Wealth 财神: North (正北)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against handling agreements, saying both parties may lose.己不破券二比并亡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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