Chinese almanac (Huangli), 1 December 1993

Wednesday

Lunar date

农历癸酉年十月十八

癸酉 (Guiyou) · Year of the Rooster · 癸亥丙辰

Nayin Earth in the Sand

Solar term

Minor Snow

Pentad · tiān qì shàng shēng dì qì xià jiàng

Next solar term · Major Snow 1993-12-07

Auspicious

Weddings · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Sculpting and painting deities · Consecrating sacred images · Moving house · Placing the bed · Felling trees · Making beams · Catching pests · Hunting · Making nets · Seeking a doctor · Medical treatment · Cleansing and exorcism · Burial · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Moving a coffin · Encoffining · Erecting a tombstone · Thanking the Earth God

Avoid

Opening for business · Building temples · Breaking ground · Breaking ground for a grave

Clash: Dog · Sha direction south
Day god: Controller of Fate · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer: Initiate
Lunar mansion: Winnowing Basket · auspicious
Nine star: 八白土
Fetus god: 厨灶栖外正东
Directions: Joy southwest · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos: 丙不修灶必见灾殃辰不哭泣必主重丧
Folk taboo days: Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)

Auspicious stars

yáng dé · jiě shén · Controller of Fate

Inauspicious stars

xiǎo hào · tiān zéi · tǔ fú

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	戊子	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
01:00–02:59	己丑	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
03:00–04:59	庚寅	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
05:00–06:59	辛卯	Hooked Array
07:00–08:59	壬辰	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
09:00–10:59	癸巳	Bright Hall	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
11:00–12:59	甲午	Heavenly Punishment	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
13:00–14:59	乙未	Vermilion Bird	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
15:00–16:59	丙申	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59	丁酉	Heavenly Virtue	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59	戊戌	White Tiger
21:00–22:59	己亥	Jade Hall	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59	庚子	White Tiger	Weddings · Moving house · 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: 1 December 1993
Julian calendar: 18 November 1993 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Guiyou year (Rooster), month 10, day 18
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4326, month 10, day 18
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Water Rooster year, month 10, day 17
Hebrew calendar: 17 Kislev 5754 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 17 Jumada al-Akhirah 1414 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 10 Azar 1372 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 22 Hidar 1986 EC
Coptic calendar: 22 Hathor 1710 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 10 Agrahayana 1915 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Heisei 5, December 1
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 1 December BE 2536
Minguo calendar: 1 December, Minguo 82
Maya calendars: 12.19.0.12.0 12 Ajaw 18 Keh
Aztec calendars: 12 Xochitl (flower), 12 Tlacaxipehualiztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 11 Pharmuthi, Peret (growth), year 2742 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. XIV Kal. Dec., 2746 AUC