Calendars · Find auspicious days
Chinese almanac (Huangli), 18 December 1940
Wednesday
Lunar date
农历庚辰年十一月二十
庚辰 (Gengchen) · Year of the Dragon · 戊子 乙未
Nayin Gold in the Sand
Solar term
Major Snow
Pentad · lì tǐng chū
Next solar term · Winter Solstice 1940-12-22
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
- Wall · auspicious
- 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
- 18 December 1940
- Julian calendar
- 5 December 1940 (Julian)
- Chinese calendar (Nongli)
- Gengchen year (Dragon), month 11, day 20
- Korean calendar (Dangi)
- Dangi 4273, month 11, day 20
- Hebrew calendar
- 18 Kislev 5701 AM
- Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura)
- 19 Dhu al-Qaʿdah 1359 AH
- Solar Hijri calendar (Persian)
- 27 Azar 1319 SH
- Ethiopian calendar
- 9 Tahsas 1933 EC
- Coptic calendar
- 9 Koiak 1657 AM
- Indian national calendar (Saka)
- 27 Agrahayana 1862 Saka
- Japanese era calendar
- Shōwa 15, December 18
- Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era)
- 18 December BE 2483
- Minguo calendar
- 18 December, Minguo 29
- Maya calendars
- 12.16.6.16.19 2 Kawak 2 Mak
- Aztec calendars
- 2 Quiahuitl (rain), 16 Tlacaxipehualiztli
- Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
- 15 Pharmuthi, Peret (growth), year 2689 of Nabonassar
- Roman calendar
- Nonae Dec., 2693 AUC