Calendars · Find auspicious days

Chinese almanac (Huangli), 17 December 1886

Friday

Lunar date
农历丙戌年十一月廿二
丙戌 (Bingxu) · Year of the Dog · 庚子 辛亥
Nayin Hairpin Gold
Solar term
Major Snow
Pentad · lì tǐng chū
Next solar term · Winter Solstice 1886-12-22
Auspicious

Making beams · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Installing doors · Building a stove · Blocking holes against pests · Digging ponds · Building a privy · Building embankments · Repairing walls · Planting

Avoid

Weddings · Praying for blessings · Digging wells · Funeral procession · Burial · Placing the bed

Clash
Snake · Sha direction west
Day god
Vermilion Bird · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Close
Lunar mansion
Neck · inauspicious
Nine star
四绿木
Fetus god
厨灶床 外东北
Directions
Joy southwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos
辛不合酱主人不尝 亥不嫁娶不利新郎
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars

tiān ēn · wáng rì

Inauspicious stars

yóu huò · xuè zhī · chóng rì · Vermilion Bird

Hours of the day

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

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
17 December 1886
Julian calendar
5 December 1886 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli)
Bingxu year (Dog), month 11, day 22
Korean calendar (Dangi)
Dangi 4219, month 11, day 22
Hebrew calendar
20 Kislev 5647 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura)
21 Rabiʿ al-Awwal 1304 AH
Ethiopian calendar
9 Tahsas 1879 EC
Coptic calendar
9 Koiak 1603 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka)
26 Agrahayana 1808 Saka
Japanese era calendar
Meiji 19, December 17
Minguo calendar
17 December, 26 before Minguo
Maya calendars
12.13.12.2.15 12 Men 8 Keh
Aztec calendars
12 Cuauhtli (eagle), 2 Tlacaxipehualiztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
1 Pharmuthi, Peret (growth), year 2635 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar
Nonae Dec., 2639 AUC