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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 21 December 1985
Saturday · Yalda Night
Lunar date
农历乙丑年十一月初十
乙丑 (Yichou) · Year of the Ox · 戊子 甲午
Nayin Gold in the Sand
Solar term
Major Snow
Pentad · lì tǐng chū
Next solar term · Winter Solstice 1985-12-22
Auspicious
Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Seeking a doctor · Pulling down a house · Pulling down walls · Avoid everything else
Avoid
Nothing is favourable
- Clash
- Rat · Sha direction north
- Day god
- Controller of Fate · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Destruction
- Lunar mansion
- Stomach · auspicious
- Nine star
- 三碧木
- Fetus god
- 占门碓 房内北
- Directions
- Joy northeast · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 甲不开仓财物耗散 午不苫盖屋主更张
- Folk taboo days
- Four Separations (eve of equinox or solstice)
Auspicious stars
yuè ēn · sì xiāng · yáng dé · liù yí · xù shì · Cleansing and exorcism · 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 | 甲子 | Golden Coffer | |
| 01:00–02:59 | 乙丑 | Heavenly Virtue | Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove |
| 03:00–04:59 | 丙寅 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 05:00–06:59 | 丁卯 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading |
| 07:00–08:59 | 戊辰 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Fasting and Taoist rites |
| 09:00–10:59 | 己巳 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Burial |
| 11:00–12:59 | 庚午 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 13:00–14:59 | 辛未 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Praying for children |
| 15:00–16:59 | 壬申 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 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 · Trading · Opening for business |
| 21:00–22:59 | 乙亥 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading |
| 23:00–23:59 | 丙子 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · 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
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- Hebrew calendar
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- Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura)
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- Solar Hijri calendar (Persian)
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- Ethiopian calendar
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- Coptic calendar
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- Indian national calendar (Saka)
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- Japanese era calendar
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- Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era)
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- Minguo calendar
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- Maya calendars
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- Aztec calendars
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- Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
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- Roman calendar
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