Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 November 1981

Friday

Lunar date

农历辛酉年十月廿四

辛酉 (Xinyou) · Year of the Rooster · 己亥壬寅

Nayin Gold Leaf

Solar term

Start of Winter

Pentad · zhì rù dà shuǐ wèi shèn

Next solar term · Minor Snow 1981-11-22

Auspicious

Travel · Receiving wealth · Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Breaking ground · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Cutting cloth for garments · Visiting family and friends · Demolition · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Installing the household altar · Setting up the loom · Shipping goods · Decorating walls · Repairing roads

Avoid

Building temples · Thanking the Earth God · Building a stove · Making beams · Felling trees · Burial · Funeral procession · Repairing tombs · Visiting the sick

Clash: Monkey · Sha direction north
Day god: Heavenly Prison · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer: Balance
Lunar mansion: Ox · inauspicious
Nine star: 四绿木
Fetus god: 仓库炉房内南
Directions: Joy south · Wealth south · Fortune northwest
Peng Zu's taboos: 壬不泱水更难提防寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Auspicious stars

tiān yuàn · shí dé · xiàng rì · liù hé · wǔ fù · bù jiàng · jīn táng · wǔ hé · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

hé kuí · sǐ shén · yóu huò · wǔ xū · fù rì · Heavenly Prison

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	庚子	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
01:00–02:59	辛丑	Bright Hall	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
03:00–04:59	壬寅	Heavenly Punishment
05:00–06:59	癸卯	Vermilion Bird	Weddings · Burial · Building and repairs · Thanksgiving to the gods
07:00–08:59	甲辰	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Opening for business · Praying for blessings · Burial
09:00–10:59	乙巳	Heavenly Virtue	Weddings · Travel · Burial · Building and repairs
11:00–12:59	丙午	White Tiger	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59	丁未	Jade Hall	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
15:00–16:59	戊申	Heavenly Prison
17:00–18:59	己酉	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
19:00–20:59	庚戌	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
21:00–22:59	辛亥	Hooked Array	Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Praying for children
23:00–23:59	壬子	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · 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 1981
Julian calendar: 7 November 1981 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Xinyou year (Rooster), month 10, day 24
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4314, month 10, day 24
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 16, Iron Rooster year, month 9, day 24
Hebrew calendar: 23 Heshvan 5742 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 23 Muharram 1402 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 29 Aban 1360 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 11 Hidar 1974 EC
Coptic calendar: 11 Hathor 1698 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 29 Kartika 1903 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Shōwa 56, November 20
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 20 November BE 2524
Minguo calendar: 20 November, Minguo 70
Maya calendars: 12.18.8.8.6 12 Kimi 4 Keh
Aztec calendars: 12 Miquiztli (death), 18 Atlcahualo
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 27 Phamenoth, Peret (growth), year 2730 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. VII Id. Nov., 2734 AUC