Calendars · Find auspicious days

Chinese almanac (Huangli), 5 December 1973

Wednesday

Lunar date
农历癸丑年十一月十一
癸丑 (Guichou) · Year of the Ox · 癸亥 乙亥
Nayin Fire on the Mountain
Solar term
Minor Snow
Pentad · bì sè ér chéng dōng
Next solar term · Major Snow 1973-12-07
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Ritual bathing · Travel · Coming-of-age ceremony · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Avoid everything else

Avoid

Weddings · Breaking ground · Burial · Building a stove

Clash
Snake · Sha direction west
Day god
Heavenly Virtue · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Establish
Lunar mansion
Wall · auspicious
Nine star
三碧木
Fetus god
碓磨床 外西南
Directions
Joy northwest · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos
乙不栽植千株不长 亥不嫁娶不利新郎
Auspicious stars

Heavenly Virtue · yuè dé · sì xiāng · wáng rì · xù shì · bǎo guāng

Inauspicious stars

yuè jiàn · xiǎo shí · tǔ fǔ · yuè xíng · jiǔ kǎn · jiǔ jiāo · xuè zhī · chóng rì

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59丙子White TigerWeddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings
01:00–02:59丁丑Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
03:00–04:59戊寅Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
05:00–06:59己卯Black TortoiseWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
07:00–08:59庚辰Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
09:00–10:59辛巳Hooked Array
11:00–12:59壬午Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
13:00–14:59癸未Bright HallWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Opening for business
15:00–16:59甲申Heavenly PunishmentTravel · Taking up a post · Seeking wealth
17:00–18:59乙酉Vermilion Bird
19:00–20:59丙戌Golden CofferWeddings · Opening for business · Burial
21:00–22:59丁亥Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
23:00–23:59戊子Golden CofferTravel · Taking up a post · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Thanksgiving to the gods

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
5 December 1973
Julian calendar
22 November 1973 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli)
Guichou year (Ox), month 11, day 11
Korean calendar (Dangi)
Dangi 4306, month 11, day 11
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa)
Rabjung 16, Water Ox year, month 10, day 10
Hebrew calendar
10 Kislev 5734 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura)
10 Dhu al-Qaʿdah 1393 AH
Ethiopian calendar
26 Hidar 1966 EC
Coptic calendar
26 Hathor 1690 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka)
14 Agrahayana 1895 Saka
Japanese era calendar
Shōwa 48, December 5
Minguo calendar
5 December, Minguo 62
Maya calendars
12.18.0.6.19 4 Kawak 17 Keh
Aztec calendars
4 Quiahuitl (rain), 11 Tlacaxipehualiztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
10 Pharmuthi, Peret (growth), year 2722 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar
a.d. X Kal. Dec., 2726 AUC