Chinese almanac (Huangli), 21 December 1897

Tuesday · Winter Solstice (Dongzhi)

Lunar date

农历丁酉年十一月廿八

丁酉 (Dingyou) · Year of the Rooster · 壬子癸丑

Nayin Mulberry Wood

Solar term today

Winter Solstice

Pentad · qiū yǐn jié

Next solar term · Minor Cold 1898-01-05

Auspicious

Weddings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Travel · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Demolition · Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Hanging a signboard · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Placing the bed · Planting

Avoid

Building a stove · Sculpting and painting deities · Funeral procession · Lawsuits · Felling trees · Burial

Clash: Goat · Sha direction east
Day god: Heavenly Virtue · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer: Remove
Lunar mansion: Turtle Beak · inauspicious
Nine star: 二黑土
Fetus god: 房床厕外东北
Directions: Joy southeast · Wealth south · Fortune west
Peng Zu's taboos: 癸不词讼理弱敌强丑不冠带主不还乡

Auspicious stars

tiān ēn · tiān yuàn · yīn dé · shǒu rì · jí qī · liù hé · pǔ hù · bǎo guāng

Inauspicious stars

fù rì · bā zhuān · chù shuǐ lóng

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	壬子	Heavenly Punishment	Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
01:00–02:59	癸丑	Vermilion Bird
03:00–04:59	甲寅	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Opening for business · Burial
05:00–06:59	乙卯	Heavenly Virtue	Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
07:00–08:59	丙辰	White Tiger	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59	丁巳	Jade Hall	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
11:00–12:59	戊午	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Opening for business · Burial · Seeking wealth
13:00–14:59	己未	Black Tortoise
15:00–16:59	庚申	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
17:00–18:59	辛酉	Hooked Array	Weddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Roofing
19:00–20:59	壬戌	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
21:00–22:59	癸亥	Bright Hall	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
23:00–23:59	甲子	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings

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: 21 December 1897
Julian calendar: 9 December 1897 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Dingyou year (Rooster), month 11, day 28
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4230, month 11, day 28
Hebrew calendar: 26 Kislev 5658 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 26 Rajab 1315 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 1 Dey 1276 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 13 Tahsas 1890 EC
Coptic calendar: 13 Koiak 1614 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 30 Agrahayana 1819 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Meiji 30, December 21
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 21 December BE 2440
Minguo calendar: 21 December, 15 before Minguo
Maya calendars: 12.14.3.5.17 4 Kab'an 15 Keh
Aztec calendars: 4 Ollin (movement), 9 Tlacaxipehualiztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 8 Pharmuthi, Peret (growth), year 2646 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. V Id. Dec., 2650 AUC