Chinese almanac (Huangli), 27 November 1996

Wednesday

Lunar date

农历丙子年十月十七

丙子 (Bingzi) · Year of the Rat · 己亥戊辰

Nayin Wood of the Great Forest

Solar term

Minor Snow

Pentad · tiān qì shàng shēng dì qì xià jiàng

Next solar term · Major Snow 1996-12-07

Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Sculpting and painting deities · Consecrating sacred images · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Weddings · Placing the bed · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Encoffining · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Moving a coffin · Opening a grave for reburial · Burial · Erecting a tombstone

Avoid

Opening for business · Trading · Breaking ground for a grave · Building a stove

Clash: Dog · Sha direction south
Day god: Controller of Fate · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer: Initiate
Lunar mansion: Winnowing Basket · auspicious
Nine star: 五黄土
Fetus god: 房床栖外正南
Directions: Joy southeast · Wealth north · Fortune north
Peng Zu's taboos: 戊不受田田主不祥辰不哭泣必主重丧

Auspicious stars

tiān ēn · yáng dé · jiě shén · Controller of Fate

Inauspicious stars

xiǎo hào · tiān zéi · tǔ fú

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	壬子	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
01:00–02:59	癸丑	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Burial · Thanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth
03:00–04:59	甲寅	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
05:00–06:59	乙卯	Hooked Array	Seeking wealth
07:00–08:59	丙辰	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
09:00–10:59	丁巳	Bright Hall	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
11:00–12:59	戊午	Heavenly Punishment	Weddings · Travel · Burial · Building and repairs
13:00–14:59	己未	Vermilion Bird	Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
15:00–16:59	庚申	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59	辛酉	Heavenly Virtue	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
19:00–20:59	壬戌	White Tiger
21:00–22:59	癸亥	Jade Hall	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
23:00–23:59	甲子	White Tiger	Weddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings

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: 27 November 1996
Julian calendar: 14 November 1996 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Bingzi year (Rat), month 10, day 17
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4329, month 10, day 17
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Fire Rat year, month 10, day 17
Hebrew calendar: 16 Kislev 5757 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 16 Rajab 1417 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 7 Azar 1375 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 18 Hidar 1989 EC
Coptic calendar: 18 Hathor 1713 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 6 Agrahayana 1918 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Heisei 8, November 27
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 27 November BE 2539
Minguo calendar: 27 November, Minguo 85
Maya calendars: 12.19.3.12.12 12 Eb' 15 Keh
Aztec calendars: 12 Malinalli (grass), 9 Tlacaxipehualiztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 8 Pharmuthi, Peret (growth), year 2745 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. XVIII Kal. Dec., 2749 AUC