Chinese almanac (Huangli), 17 December 1980

Wednesday

Lunar date

农历庚申年十一月十一

庚申 (Gengshen) · Year of the Monkey · 戊子甲子

Nayin Gold in the Sea

Solar term

Major Snow

Pentad · lì tǐng chū

Next solar term · Winter Solstice 1980-12-22

Auspicious

Trading · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Ritual bathing · Catching pests · Encoffining · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Burial · Thanking the Earth God · Opening a grave for reburial · Repairing tombs

Avoid

Fasting and Taoist rites · Moving into a new home · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Breaking ground for a grave

Clash: Horse · Sha direction south
Day god: Golden Coffer · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer: Establish
Lunar mansion: Winnowing Basket · auspicious
Nine star: 一白水
Fetus god: 占门碓外东南
Directions: Joy northeast · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos: 甲不开仓财物耗散子不问卜自惹祸殃

Auspicious stars

tiān ēn · tiān shè · yuè ēn · sì xiāng · guān rì · jìng ān · Golden Coffer

Inauspicious stars

yuè jiàn · xiǎo shí · tǔ fǔ · yuè yàn · dì huǒ

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	甲子	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Opening for business · Praying for blessings · Burial
01:00–02:59	乙丑	Heavenly Virtue	Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
03:00–04:59	丙寅	White Tiger	Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
05:00–06:59	丁卯	Jade Hall	Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
07:00–08:59	戊辰	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
09:00–10:59	己巳	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
11:00–12:59	庚午	Controller of Fate
13:00–14:59	辛未	Hooked Array	Weddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
15:00–16:59	壬申	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
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 · Moving house · Burial
21:00–22:59	乙亥	Vermilion Bird	Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59	丙子	Heavenly Punishment	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: 17 December 1980
Julian calendar: 4 December 1980 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Gengshen year (Monkey), month 11, day 11
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4313, month 11, day 11
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 16, Iron Monkey year, month 11, day 10
Hebrew calendar: 10 Tevet 5741 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 9 Safar 1401 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 26 Azar 1359 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 8 Tahsas 1973 EC
Coptic calendar: 8 Koiak 1697 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 26 Agrahayana 1902 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Shōwa 55, December 17
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 17 December BE 2523
Minguo calendar: 17 December, Minguo 69
Maya calendars: 12.18.7.9.8 12 Lamat 11 Mak
Aztec calendars: 12 Tochtli (rabbit), 5 Tozoztontli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 24 Pharmuthi, Peret (growth), year 2729 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: prid. Non. Dec., 2733 AUC