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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 26 December 1961

Tuesday

Lunar date
农历辛丑年十一月十九
辛丑 (Xinchou) · Year of the Ox · 庚子 癸巳
Nayin Long-Flowing Water
Solar term
Winter Solstice
Pentad · qiū yǐn jié
Next solar term · Minor Cold 1962-01-06
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Sculpting and painting deities · Consecrating sacred images · Cutting cloth for garments · Coming-of-age ceremony · Weddings · Betrothal gifts · Demolition · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Erecting pillars · Raising the ridge beam · Placing the bed · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Installing the household altar · Making nets · Catching pests · Hunting · Felling trees · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Draining water

Avoid

Travel · Burial · Repairing tombs · Opening for business

Clash
Pig · Sha direction east
Day god
Black Tortoise · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Initiate
Lunar mansion
Turtle Beak · inauspicious
Nine star
三碧木
Fetus god
占房床 房内北
Directions
Joy southeast · Wealth south · Fortune west
Peng Zu's taboos
癸不词讼理弱敌强 巳不远行财物伏藏
Auspicious stars

wǔ fù · yì hòu

Inauspicious stars

jié shà · xiǎo hào · fù rì · chóng rì · yuán wǔ

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59壬子White TigerWeddings · Burial · Praying for children · Seeking wealth
01:00–02:59癸丑Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
03:00–04:59甲寅Heavenly Prison
05:00–06:59乙卯Black TortoiseWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
07:00–08:59丙辰Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59丁巳Hooked ArrayWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
11:00–12:59戊午Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
13:00–14:59己未Bright HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
15:00–16:59庚申Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59辛酉Vermilion BirdWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
19:00–20:59壬戌Golden CofferWeddings · Opening for business · Burial
21:00–22:59癸亥Heavenly Virtue
23:00–23:59甲子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
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Julian calendar
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Korean calendar (Dangi)
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Tibetan calendar (Phugpa)
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Hebrew calendar
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Ethiopian calendar
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Coptic calendar
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Japanese era calendar
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Minguo calendar
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Aztec calendars
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Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
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Roman calendar
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