Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 November 1968

Wednesday · Winter Clothes Day (Hanyi)

Lunar date

农历戊申年十月初一

戊申 (Wushen) · Year of the Monkey · 癸亥甲午

Nayin Gold in the Sand

Solar term

Start of Winter

Pentad · zhì rù dà shuǐ wèi shèn

Next solar term · Minor Snow 1968-11-22

Auspicious

Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Weddings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Carving · Moving house · Opening for business · Moving into a new home · Travel · Breaking ground · Visiting family and friends · Starting school · Building and repairs · Laying foundations · Installing doors · Placing the bed · Building temples · Cleansing and exorcism · Receiving wealth · Digging ponds · Building livestock pens · Raising livestock

Avoid

Raising the ridge beam · Opening granaries · Shipping goods · Roofing · Building boats

Clash: Rat · Sha direction north
Day god: Azure Dragon · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer: Danger
Lunar mansion: Three Stars · auspicious
Nine star: 三碧木
Fetus god: 占门碓房内北
Directions: Joy northeast · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos: 甲不开仓财物耗散午不苫盖屋主更张

Auspicious stars

yuè dé · sì xiāng · pǔ hù · Azure Dragon · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

tiān lì · zhì sǐ · wǔ xū

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	甲子	Golden Coffer
01:00–02:59	乙丑	Heavenly Virtue	Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove
03:00–04:59	丙寅	White Tiger	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
05:00–06:59	丁卯	Jade Hall	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
07:00–08:59	戊辰	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Fasting and Taoist rites
09:00–10:59	己巳	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Burial
11:00–12:59	庚午	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
13:00–14:59	辛未	Hooked Array	Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Praying for children
15:00–16:59	壬申	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
17:00–18:59	癸酉	Bright Hall	Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Placing the bed
19:00–20:59	甲戌	Heavenly Punishment	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
21:00–22:59	乙亥	Vermilion Bird	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
23:00–23:59	丙子	Heavenly Punishment	Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial

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: 20 November 1968
Julian calendar: 7 November 1968 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Wushen year (Monkey), month 10, day 1
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4301, month 10, day 1
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 16, Earth Monkey year, month 9, day 30
Hebrew calendar: 29 Heshvan 5729 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 29 Shaʿban 1388 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 29 Aban 1347 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 11 Hidar 1961 EC
Coptic calendar: 11 Hathor 1685 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 29 Kartika 1890 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Shōwa 43, November 20
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 20 November BE 2511
Minguo calendar: 20 November, Minguo 57
Maya calendars: 12.17.15.4.18 9 Etz'nab' 1 Keh
Aztec calendars: 9 Tecpatl (flint), 15 Atlcahualo
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 24 Phamenoth, Peret (growth), year 2717 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. VII Id. Nov., 2721 AUC