Chinese almanac (Huangli), 19 December 1927

Monday · Hanukkah

Lunar date

农历丁卯年十一月廿六

丁卯 (Dingmao) · Year of the Rabbit · 壬子丁亥

Nayin Earth on the Roof

Solar term

Major Snow

Pentad · lì tǐng chū

Next solar term · Winter Solstice 1927-12-23

Auspicious

Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Ritual bathing · Coming-of-age ceremony · Hanging bed curtains · Cutting cloth for garments · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Demolition · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Installing doors · Opening granaries · Building embankments · Building a privy · Planting · Acquiring livestock · Repairing walls · Blocking holes against pests

Avoid

Weddings · Praying for blessings · Consecrating sacred images · Digging wells · Burial · Funeral procession

Clash: Snake · Sha direction west
Day god: Vermilion Bird · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer: Close
Lunar mansion: Extended Net · auspicious
Nine star: 六白金
Fetus god: 仓库床外西北
Directions: Joy south · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos: 丁不剃头头必生疮亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Auspicious stars

yuè dé hé · wáng rì

Inauspicious stars

yóu huò · xuè zhī · chóng rì · Vermilion Bird

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	庚子	White Tiger	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Opening for business
01:00–02:59	辛丑	Jade Hall	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
03:00–04:59	壬寅	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Burial · Building and repairs · Closing the roof ridge
05:00–06:59	癸卯	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
07:00–08:59	甲辰	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
09:00–10:59	乙巳	Hooked Array
11:00–12:59	丙午	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
13:00–14:59	丁未	Bright Hall	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home
15:00–16:59	戊申	Heavenly Punishment	Moving into a new home · Burial · Building and repairs
17:00–18:59	己酉	Vermilion Bird	Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
19:00–20:59	庚戌	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Opening for business · Burial
21:00–22:59	辛亥	Heavenly Virtue	Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Thanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth
23:00–23:59	壬子	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Opening for business · Burial · Seeking wealth

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: 19 December 1927
Julian calendar: 6 December 1927 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Dingmao year (Rabbit), month 11, day 26
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4260, month 11, day 26
Hebrew calendar: 25 Kislev 5688 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 24 Jumada al-Akhirah 1346 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 27 Azar 1306 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 9 Tahsas 1920 EC
Coptic calendar: 9 Koiak 1644 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 28 Agrahayana 1849 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Shōwa 2, December 19
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 19 December BE 2470
Minguo calendar: 19 December, Minguo 16
Maya calendars: 12.15.13.13.11 12 Chuwen 19 Keh
Aztec calendars: 12 Ozomahtli (monkey), 13 Tlacaxipehualiztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 12 Pharmuthi, Peret (growth), year 2676 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. VIII Id. Dec., 2680 AUC