Calendars · Find auspicious days

Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 December 1983

Tuesday

Lunar date
农历癸亥年十一月十七
癸亥 (Guihai) · Year of the Pig · 甲子 壬午
Nayin Willow Wood
Solar term
Major Snow
Pentad · lì tǐng chū
Next solar term · Winter Solstice 1983-12-22
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Ritual bathing · Pulling down a house · Pulling down walls · Avoid everything else

Avoid

Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Visiting the sick · Travel · Roofing

Clash
Rat · Sha direction north
Day god
Controller of Fate · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Destruction
Lunar mansion
Encampment · auspicious
Nine star
一白水
Fetus god
仓库碓 外西北
Directions
Joy south · Wealth south · Fortune northwest
Peng Zu's taboos
壬不泱水更难提防 午不苫盖屋主更张
Auspicious stars

yuè dé · tiān ēn · yáng dé · liù yí · xù shì · jiě shén · Controller of Fate · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

yuè pò · dà hào · zāi shà · tiān huǒ · yàn duì · zhāo yáo · wǔ xū · xuè jì

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59庚子Golden Coffer
01:00–02:59辛丑Heavenly VirtuePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods
03:00–04:59壬寅White TigerWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
05:00–06:59癸卯Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
07:00–08:59甲辰Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
09:00–10:59乙巳Black TortoiseSeeking wealth
11:00–12:59丙午Controller of FateWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
13:00–14:59丁未Hooked ArrayWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
15:00–16:59戊申Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
17:00–18:59己酉Bright HallWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
19:00–20:59庚戌Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
21:00–22:59辛亥Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings
23:00–23:59壬子Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · 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
20 December 1983
Julian calendar
7 December 1983 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli)
Guihai year (Pig), month 11, day 17
Korean calendar (Dangi)
Dangi 4316, month 11, day 17
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa)
Rabjung 16, Water Pig year, leap month 10, day 16
Hebrew calendar
14 Tevet 5744 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura)
15 Rabiʿ al-Awwal 1404 AH
Ethiopian calendar
10 Tahsas 1976 EC
Coptic calendar
10 Koiak 1700 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka)
29 Agrahayana 1905 Saka
Japanese era calendar
Shōwa 58, December 20
Minguo calendar
20 December, Minguo 72
Maya calendars
12.18.10.10.6 5 Kimi 14 Mak
Aztec calendars
5 Miquiztli (death), 8 Tozoztontli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
27 Pharmuthi, Peret (growth), year 2732 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar
a.d. VII Id. Dec., 2736 AUC