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Chinese calendar, 3 January 2045
3 January 2045 is lunar month 11, day 16, 2044, the Wood Rat year. The day pillar is Yin Fire Snake. 2 named Yi activities; a general Ji restriction. 7 auspicious time windows; full moon.
Tuesday
January 2045
Lunar date
11th Month · 16th Day
二〇四四年冬月十六
Year of the
Water generates Wood in the Five Phases, so the Rat’s fixed element supports the year element.
Moon phase
18:20 · UTC+8
Daily almanac · 2045-01-03
The daily almanac & observances
丁巳 Yin Fire Snake
The stem gives Fire; 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
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Ritual cleansing or removal解除
- No other activities recommended馀事勿取
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Nothing is considered suitable诸事不宜
Month 11 · 30 days
19 December 2044–17 January 2045. 14 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Laba Festival
25 January 2045 · 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
January 2045 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 11/16
Last quarter
Lunar 11/23
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/9
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 3 January 2045
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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 Fire Snake · 丁巳— 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 Fire Rat · 丙子— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Wood Rat · 甲子— Water generates Wood; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Sand Earth · 沙中土— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Earth.
- Day animal 生肖
- Snake · 蛇— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Metal Pig · 辛亥— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Turtle Beak · 觜— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.West palace (西) · Monkey creature (猴) · 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: South (正南)
- Blessing 福神: Southeast (东南)
- Wealth 财神: Southwest (西南)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against cutting hair, saying sores may appear.丁不剃头头必生疮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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