Chinese almanac (Huangli), 8 January 1995

Sunday · Laba Festival

Lunar date

农历甲戌年十二月初八

甲戌 (Jiaxu) · Year of the Dog · 丁丑己亥

Nayin Wood on the Plain

Solar term

Minor Cold

Pentad · yàn běi xiāng

Next solar term · Major Cold 1995-01-20

Auspicious

Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Fasting and Taoist rites · Ritual bathing · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Visiting family and friends · Starting school · Medical treatment · Installing mortars and millstones · Digging wells · Digging ponds · Acquiring livestock · Raising livestock · Building livestock pens

Avoid

Weddings · Hanging bed curtains · Moving into a new home · Funeral procession · Burial

Clash: Snake · Sha direction west
Day god: Bright Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer: Open
Lunar mansion: Hairy Head · inauspicious
Nine star: 九紫火
Fetus god: 占门床房内中
Directions: Joy northeast · Wealth north · Fortune south
Peng Zu's taboos: 己不破券二比并亡亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Auspicious stars

yīn dé · wáng rì · yì mǎ · tiān hòu · shí yáng · shēng qì · yì hòu · Bright Hall

Inauspicious stars

yuè yàn · dì huǒ · fù rì · chóng rì

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	甲子	White Tiger	Weddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings
01:00–02:59	乙丑	Jade Hall	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
03:00–04:59	丙寅	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
05:00–06:59	丁卯	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home
07:00–08:59	戊辰	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
09:00–10:59	己巳	Hooked Array
11:00–12:59	庚午	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
13:00–14:59	辛未	Bright Hall	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
15:00–16:59	壬申	Heavenly Punishment	Weddings · Travel · Burial · Praying for children
17:00–18:59	癸酉	Vermilion Bird	Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59	甲戌	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Opening for business · Burial
21:00–22:59	乙亥	Heavenly Virtue	Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove
23:00–23:59	丙子	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Opening for business · 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

Gregorian calendar: 8 January 1995
Julian calendar: 26 December 1994 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Jiaxu year (Dog), month 12, day 8
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4327, month 12, day 8
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Wood Dog year, month 11, day 7
Hebrew calendar: 7 Shevat 5755 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 6 Shaʿban 1415 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 18 Dey 1373 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 30 Tahsas 1987 EC
Coptic calendar: 30 Koiak 1711 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 18 Pausha 1916 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Heisei 7, January 8
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 8 January BE 2538
Minguo calendar: 8 January, Minguo 84
Maya calendars: 12.19.1.14.3 12 Ak'b'al 16 K'ank'in
Aztec calendars: 12 Calli (house), 10 Huei Tozoztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 19 Pachons, Shemu (harvest), year 2743 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. VII Kal. Ian., 2747 AUC