Calendars · Find auspicious days

Chinese almanac (Huangli), 12 January 1991

Saturday

Lunar date
农历庚午年十一月廿七
庚午 (Gengwu) · Year of the Horse · 己丑 壬午
Nayin Willow Wood
Solar term
Minor Cold
Pentad · què shǐ cháo
Next solar term · Major Cold 1991-01-20
Auspicious

Weddings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Consecrating sacred images · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Placing the bed · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)

Avoid

Digging wells · Burial · Planting · Travel · Building a stove · Opening for business · Installing doors

Clash
Rat · Sha direction north
Day god
Heavenly Prison · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Initiate
Lunar mansion
Stomach · 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
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars

tiān ēn · jìng ān · jiě shén · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

yuè hài · dà shí · dà bài · xián chí · xiǎo hào · wǔ xū · Heavenly Prison

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
12 January 1991
Julian calendar
30 December 1990 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli)
Gengwu year (Horse), month 11, day 27
Korean calendar (Dangi)
Dangi 4323, month 11, day 27
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa)
Rabjung 17, Iron Horse year, month 11, day 27
Hebrew calendar
26 Tevet 5751 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura)
25 Jumada al-Akhirah 1411 AH
Ethiopian calendar
4 Tir 1983 EC
Coptic calendar
4 Tobi 1707 AM
Japanese era calendar
Heisei 3, January 12
Minguo calendar
12 January, Minguo 80
Maya calendars
12.18.17.13.6 11 Kimi 19 K'ank'in
Aztec calendars
11 Miquiztli (death), 13 Huei Tozoztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
22 Pachons, Shemu (harvest), year 2739 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar
a.d. III Kal. Ian., 2743 AUC