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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 21 December 2005

Wednesday · Yalda Night

Lunar date
农历乙酉年十一月廿一
乙酉 (Yiyou) · Year of the Rooster · 戊子 己卯
Nayin Earth on the City Wall
Solar term
Major Snow
Pentad · lì tǐng chū
Next solar term · Winter Solstice 2005-12-22
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Repairing roads · Repairing tombs · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Avoid everything else

Avoid

Moving house · Moving into a new home · Weddings · Digging wells · Burial

Clash
Rooster · Sha direction west
Day god
Jade Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Balance
Lunar mansion
Wall · auspicious
Nine star
七赤金
Fetus god
占大门 外正西
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth north · Fortune south
Peng Zu's taboos
己不破券二比并亡 卯不穿井水泉不香
Folk taboo days
Master Yang's taboo day · Four Separations (eve of equinox or solstice)
Auspicious stars

tiān ēn · mín rì · bù jiàng · wǔ hé · Jade Hall

Inauspicious stars

tiān gāng · sǐ shén · yuè xíng · tiān lì · zhì sǐ · tiān zéi

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59甲子Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
01:00–02:59乙丑Hooked ArrayWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
03:00–04:59丙寅Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
05:00–06:59丁卯Bright HallMoving into a new home · Burial · Building and repairs
07:00–08:59戊辰Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
09:00–10:59己巳Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
11:00–12:59庚午Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Opening for business · Taking up a post
13:00–14:59辛未Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
15:00–16:59壬申White TigerWeddings · Burial · Praying for children
17:00–18:59癸酉Jade Hall
19:00–20:59甲戌Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
21:00–22:59乙亥Black TortoiseWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
23:00–23:59丙子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · 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
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Julian calendar
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Chinese calendar (Nongli)
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Korean calendar (Dangi)
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Tibetan calendar (Phugpa)
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Hebrew calendar
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Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura)
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Ethiopian calendar
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Coptic calendar
12 Koiak 1722 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka)
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Japanese era calendar
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Minguo calendar
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Maya calendars
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Aztec calendars
8 Calli (house), 15 Tozoztontli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
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Roman calendar
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