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Chinese calendar, 29 October 2038
29 October 2038 is lunar month 10, day 2, 2038, the Earth Horse year. The day pillar is Yin Earth Rabbit. 22 named Yi activities; 4 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waxing crescent.
Friday
October 2038
Lunar date
10th Month · 2nd Day
二〇三八年十月初二
Year of the
Fire generates Earth in the Five Phases, so the Horse’s fixed element supports the year element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 2 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 2038-10-29
The daily almanac & observances
己卯 Yin Earth Rabbit
The stem gives Earth; 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
- Make a formal betrothal proposal纳采
- Formalize a betrothal agreement订盟
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Pray for children求嗣
- Daoist fasting and offering rites斋醮
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
- Install an incense altar安香
- Move a sacred altar or flame出火
- Build a temple造庙
- Move residence移徙
- Travel出行
- Move into a new home入宅
- Lay a foundation起基
- Erect pillars竖柱
- Raise the main roof beam上梁
- Set up a bed安床
- Acquire livestock纳畜
- Trap or capture捕捉
- Welcome a resident son-in-law纳婿
- Burial安葬
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Open a business or market开市
- Begin burial excavation破土
- Dig a well掘井
- Make a coffin合寿木
Month 10 · 29 days
28 October 2038–25 November 2038. 27 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Winter Solstice
22 December 2038 · 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
October 2038 moon phases
First quarter
Lunar 9/7
Full moon
Lunar 9/15
Last quarter
Lunar 9/23
New moon
Lunar 10/1
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 Earth Rabbit · 己卯— 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
- Yang Water Dog · 壬戌— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Earth Horse · 戊午— Fire generates Earth; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- City-wall Earth · 城头土— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Earth.
- Day animal 生肖
- Rabbit · 兔— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Water Rooster · 癸酉— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Neck · 亢— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.East palace (东) · Dragon creature (龙) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- 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 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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