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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 28 December 1888

Friday

Lunar date
农历戊子年十一月廿六
戊子 (Wuzi) · Year of the Rat · 甲子 癸酉
Nayin Gold of the Sword Edge
Solar term
Winter Solstice
Pentad · mí jiǎo jiě
Next solar term · Minor Cold 1889-01-05
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Ritual bathing · Haircut · Receiving wealth · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Planting · Cleaning the house · Catching pests · Hunting · Making nets

Avoid

Visiting family and friends · Burial · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Placing the bed · Opening for business · Funeral procession · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Building a stove · Installing doors

Clash
Rabbit · Sha direction east
Day god
Bright Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Receive
Lunar mansion
Bond · auspicious
Nine star
一白水
Fetus god
房床门 外西南
Directions
Joy southeast · Wealth south · Fortune west
Peng Zu's taboos
癸不词讼理弱敌强 酉不会客醉坐颠狂
Auspicious stars

mǔ cāng · jīn táng · chú shén · Bright Hall · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

hé kuí · dà shí · dà bài · xián chí · fù rì · wǔ lí

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59壬子Controller of FateWeddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial
01:00–02:59癸丑Hooked ArrayWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
03:00–04:59甲寅Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
05:00–06:59乙卯Bright Hall
07:00–08:59丙辰Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59丁巳Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Praying for children
11:00–12:59戊午Golden CofferWeddings · Opening for business · Burial · Building and repairs
13:00–14:59己未Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Moving house · Praying for blessings · Burial
15:00–16:59庚申White TigerWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
17:00–18:59辛酉Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59壬戌Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
21:00–22:59癸亥Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59甲子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business

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
28 December 1888
Julian calendar
16 December 1888 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli)
Wuzi year (Rat), month 11, day 26
Korean calendar (Dangi)
Dangi 4221, month 11, day 25
Hebrew calendar
24 Tevet 5649 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura)
24 Rabiʿ al-Thani 1306 AH
Ethiopian calendar
20 Tahsas 1881 EC
Coptic calendar
20 Koiak 1605 AM
Japanese era calendar
Meiji 21, December 28
Minguo calendar
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Maya calendars
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Aztec calendars
13 Ollin (movement), 14 Tlacaxipehualiztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
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Roman calendar
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