Chinese almanac (Huangli), 21 December 1996

Saturday · Winter Solstice (Dongzhi)

Lunar date

农历丙子年十一月十一

丙子 (Bingzi) · Year of the Rat · 庚子壬辰

Nayin Long-Flowing Water

Solar term today

Winter Solstice

Pentad · qiū yǐn jié

Next solar term · Minor Cold 1997-01-05

Auspicious

Sculpting and painting deities · Consecrating sacred images · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Cutting cloth for garments · Coming-of-age ceremony · Demolition · Building and repairs · Placing the bed · Moving into a new home · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Burial · Thanking the Earth God · Taking up a post

Avoid

Digging wells · Felling trees · Fasting and Taoist rites · Building a stove

Clash: Dog · Sha direction south
Day god: Heavenly Prison · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer: Stable
Lunar mansion: Root · inauspicious
Nine star: 二黑土
Fetus god: 仓库栖外正北
Directions: Joy south · Wealth south · Fortune northwest
Peng Zu's taboos: 壬不泱水更难提防辰不哭泣必主重丧

Auspicious stars

yuè dé · sān hé · lín rì · shí yīn · tiān cāng · bù jiàng · shèng xīn

Inauspicious stars

sǐ qì · wǔ mù · Heavenly Prison

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	庚子	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
01:00–02:59	辛丑	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Moving house · Praying for blessings · Burial
03:00–04:59	壬寅	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Burial
05:00–06:59	癸卯	Hooked Array	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
07:00–08:59	甲辰	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
09:00–10:59	乙巳	Bright Hall	Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
11:00–12:59	丙午	Heavenly Punishment	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59	丁未	Vermilion Bird	Weddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
15:00–16:59	戊申	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59	己酉	Heavenly Virtue	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
19:00–20:59	庚戌	White Tiger
21:00–22:59	辛亥	Jade Hall	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59	壬子	White Tiger	Weddings · Burial · Praying for children · Seeking wealth

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: 21 December 1996
Julian calendar: 8 December 1996 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Bingzi year (Rat), month 11, day 11
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4329, month 11, day 11
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Fire Rat year, month 11, day 12
Hebrew calendar: 11 Tevet 5757 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 10 Shaʿban 1417 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 1 Dey 1375 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 12 Tahsas 1989 EC
Coptic calendar: 12 Koiak 1713 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 30 Agrahayana 1918 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Heisei 8, December 21
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 21 December BE 2539
Minguo calendar: 21 December, Minguo 85
Maya calendars: 12.19.3.13.16 10 K'ib' 19 Mak
Aztec calendars: 10 Cozcacuauhtli (vulture), 13 Tozoztontli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 2 Pachons, Shemu (harvest), year 2745 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. VI Id. Dec., 2749 AUC