Calendars · Find auspicious days

Chinese almanac (Huangli), 13 December 1959

Sunday

Lunar date
农历己亥年十一月十四
己亥 (Jihai) · Year of the Pig · 丙子 己巳
Nayin Wood of the Great Forest
Solar term
Major Snow
Pentad · hǔ shǐ jiāo
Next solar term · Winter Solstice 1959-12-22
Auspicious

Weddings · Coming-of-age ceremony · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Fasting and Taoist rites · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Visiting family and friends · Felling trees · Making beams · Drilling post holes · Placing the bed · Digging wells · Catching pests · Hunting

Avoid

Preparing one's own tomb · Breaking ground for a grave · Funeral procession · Burial

Clash
Pig · Sha direction east
Day god
Black Tortoise · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Initiate
Lunar mansion
Room · auspicious
Nine star
六白金
Fetus god
占门床 外正南
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth north · Fortune south
Peng Zu's taboos
己不破券二比并亡 巳不远行财物伏藏
Folk taboo days
Monthly taboo day
Auspicious stars

wǔ fù · bù jiàng · yì hòu

Inauspicious stars

jié shà · xiǎo hào · chóng rì · yuán wǔ

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59甲子White TigerWeddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings
01:00–02:59乙丑Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Opening for business
03:00–04:59丙寅Heavenly PrisonTravel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
05:00–06:59丁卯Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Seeking wealth
07:00–08:59戊辰Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
09:00–10:59己巳Hooked ArrayWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
11:00–12:59庚午Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
13:00–14:59辛未Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
15:00–16:59壬申Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Burial · Praying for children · Seeking wealth
17:00–18:59癸酉Vermilion BirdWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
19:00–20:59甲戌Golden CofferWeddings · Opening for business · Praying for blessings · Burial
21:00–22:59乙亥Heavenly Virtue
23:00–23:59丙子Golden Coffer

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
13 December 1959
Julian calendar
30 November 1959 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli)
Jihai year (Pig), month 11, day 14
Korean calendar (Dangi)
Dangi 4292, month 11, day 14
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa)
Rabjung 16, Earth Pig year, month 10, day 14
Hebrew calendar
12 Kislev 5720 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura)
13 Jumada al-Akhirah 1379 AH
Ethiopian calendar
3 Tahsas 1952 EC
Coptic calendar
3 Koiak 1676 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka)
22 Agrahayana 1881 Saka
Japanese era calendar
Shōwa 34, December 13
Minguo calendar
13 December, Minguo 48
Maya calendars
12.17.6.3.13 7 B'en 1 Mak
Aztec calendars
7 Acatl (reed), 15 Tlacaxipehualiztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
14 Pharmuthi, Peret (growth), year 2708 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar
prid. Kal. Dec., 2712 AUC