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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 21 December 1850

Saturday · Yalda Night

Lunar date
农历庚戌年十一月十八
庚戌 (Gengxu) · Year of the Dog · 戊子 丙午
Nayin Water of the Milky Way
Solar term
Major Snow
Pentad · lì tǐng chū
Next solar term · Winter Solstice 1850-12-22
Auspicious

Medical treatment · Pulling down a house · Pulling down walls · Avoid everything else

Avoid

Nothing is favourable

Clash
Rat · Sha direction north
Day god
Controller of Fate · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Destruction
Lunar mansion
Stomach · auspicious
Nine star
九紫火
Fetus god
厨灶碓 房内东
Directions
Joy southwest · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos
丙不修灶必见灾殃 午不苫盖屋主更张
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day) · Four Separations (eve of equinox or solstice)
Auspicious stars

yuè kōng · yáng dé · liù yí · xù shì · jiě shén · Controller of Fate · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

yuè pò · dà hào · zāi shà · tiān huǒ · yàn duì · zhāo yáo · sì fèi · wǔ xū · xuè jì · yīn yáng jī chōng

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59戊子Golden Coffer
01:00–02:59己丑Heavenly VirtuePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove
03:00–04:59庚寅White TigerWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
05:00–06:59辛卯Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
07:00–08:59壬辰Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Building and repairs
09:00–10:59癸巳Black TortoiseWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
11:00–12:59甲午Controller of FateWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
13:00–14:59乙未Hooked ArrayWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
15:00–16:59丙申Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59丁酉Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings
19:00–20:59戊戌Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
21:00–22:59己亥Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings
23:00–23:59庚子Heavenly Punishment

The almanac (huangli) is a Chinese folk tradition. Its rules come from historical texts such as the Xieji Bianfang Shu (1739); it is shown here as cultural heritage, not as a prediction or advice.

This day in other calendars

Gregorian calendar
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Julian calendar
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Hebrew calendar
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Ethiopian calendar
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Coptic calendar
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Indian national calendar (Saka)
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Aztec calendars
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Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
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Roman calendar
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