Chinese almanac (Huangli), 22 December 1905

Friday · Winter Solstice (Dongzhi)

Lunar date

农历乙巳年十一月廿六

乙巳 (Yisi) · Year of the Snake · 戊子乙未

Nayin Gold in the Sand

Solar term today

Winter Solstice

Pentad · qiū yǐn jié

Next solar term · Minor Cold 1906-01-06

Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Fasting and Taoist rites · Travel · Coming-of-age ceremony · Installing machinery · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Installing the household altar · Placing the bed · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Moving a coffin · Opening a grave for reburial

Avoid

Consecrating sacred images · Planting · Medical treatment · Installing doors · Building a stove

Clash: Ox · Sha direction west
Day god: Hooked Array · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer: Danger
Lunar mansion: Neck · inauspicious
Nine star: 二黑土
Fetus god: 碓磨厕房内北
Directions: Joy northwest · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos: 乙不栽植千株不长未不服药毒气入肠

Auspicious stars

sì xiāng · yào ān

Inauspicious stars

yuè shà · yuè xū · yuè hài · sì jī · Hooked Array

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	丙子	Heavenly Punishment	Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
01:00–02:59	丁丑	Vermilion Bird
03:00–04:59	戊寅	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
05:00–06:59	己卯	Heavenly Virtue	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
07:00–08:59	庚辰	White Tiger
09:00–10:59	辛巳	Jade Hall	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
11:00–12:59	壬午	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59	癸未	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
15:00–16:59	甲申	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Travel · Praying for children · Seeking wealth
17:00–18:59	乙酉	Hooked Array
19:00–20:59	丙戌	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
21:00–22:59	丁亥	Bright Hall	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
23:00–23:59	戊子	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Travel · Trading · 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: 22 December 1905
Julian calendar: 9 December 1905 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Yisi year (Snake), month 11, day 26
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4238, month 11, day 26
Hebrew calendar: 24 Kislev 5666 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 25 Shawwal 1323 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 1 Dey 1284 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 13 Tahsas 1898 EC
Coptic calendar: 13 Koiak 1622 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 1 Pausha 1827 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Meiji 38, December 22
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 22 December BE 2448
Minguo calendar: 22 December, 7 before Minguo
Maya calendars: 12.14.11.7.19 1 Kawak 17 Keh
Aztec calendars: 1 Quiahuitl (rain), 11 Tlacaxipehualiztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 10 Pharmuthi, Peret (growth), year 2654 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. V Id. Dec., 2658 AUC