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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 21 December 1983

Wednesday · Yalda Night

Lunar date
农历癸亥年十一月十八
癸亥 (Guihai) · Year of the Pig · 甲子 癸未
Nayin Willow Wood
Solar term
Major Snow
Pentad · lì tǐng chū
Next solar term · Winter Solstice 1983-12-22
Auspicious

Coming-of-age ceremony · Receiving wealth · Digging wells · Digging ponds · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Placing the bed · Trading · Signing contracts · Hunting · Making nets · Haircut · Draining water

Avoid

Installing doors · Breaking ground · Breaking ground for a grave · Funeral procession · Burial · Putting on mourning clothes

Clash
Ox · Sha direction west
Day god
Hooked Array · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Danger
Lunar mansion
Wall · auspicious
Nine star
二黑土
Fetus god
房床厕 外西北
Directions
Joy southeast · Wealth south · Fortune west
Peng Zu's taboos
癸不词讼理弱敌强 未不服药毒气入肠
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day) · Four Separations (eve of equinox or solstice)
Auspicious stars

tiān ēn · yào ān

Inauspicious stars

yuè shà · yuè xū · yuè hài · sì jī · fù rì · chù shuǐ lóng · Hooked Array

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59壬子Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
01:00–02:59癸丑Vermilion Bird
03:00–04:59甲寅Golden CofferWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
05:00–06:59乙卯Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
07:00–08:59丙辰White TigerWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59丁巳Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
11:00–12:59戊午Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59己未Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
15:00–16:59庚申Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
17:00–18:59辛酉Hooked Array
19:00–20:59壬戌Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
21:00–22:59癸亥Bright HallWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Opening for business
23:00–23:59甲子Azure DragonWeddings · 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
21 December 1983
Julian calendar
8 December 1983 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli)
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Korean calendar (Dangi)
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Tibetan calendar (Phugpa)
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Hebrew calendar
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Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura)
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Ethiopian calendar
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Coptic calendar
11 Koiak 1700 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka)
30 Agrahayana 1905 Saka
Japanese era calendar
Shōwa 58, December 21
Minguo calendar
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Maya calendars
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Aztec calendars
6 Mazatl (deer), 9 Tozoztontli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
28 Pharmuthi, Peret (growth), year 2732 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar
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