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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 26 December 2005

Monday · Hanukkah

Lunar date
农历乙酉年十一月廿六
乙酉 (Yiyou) · Year of the Rooster · 戊子 甲申
Nayin Water in the Spring
Solar term
Winter Solstice
Pentad · qiū yǐn jié
Next solar term · Minor Cold 2006-01-05
Auspicious

Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Travel · Installing machinery · Visiting family and friends · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Fasting and Taoist rites · Consecrating sacred images · Installing the household altar · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Cleansing and exorcism · Seeking a doctor · Acupuncture and moxibustion · Medical treatment · Roofing · Laying foundations · Building and repairs · Installing doors · Building boats · Acquiring livestock · Raising livestock · Moving a coffin · Encoffining · Opening a grave for reburial · Thanking the Earth God · Repairing tombs · Erecting a tombstone

Avoid

Weddings · Breaking ground · Placing the bed · Building bridges · Digging wells

Clash
Tiger · Sha direction south
Day god
Azure Dragon · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Success
Lunar mansion
Net · auspicious
Nine star
三碧木
Fetus god
占门炉 外西北
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos
甲不开仓财物耗散 申不安床鬼祟入房
Auspicious stars

mǔ cāng · yuè ēn · sì xiāng · sān hé · tiān xǐ · tiān yī · yù yǔ · chú shén · Azure Dragon · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

jiǔ kǎn · jiǔ jiāo · tǔ fú · dà shà · wǔ lí

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59甲子Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
01:00–02:59乙丑Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
03:00–04:59丙寅Heavenly Punishment
05:00–06:59丁卯Vermilion BirdWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
07:00–08:59戊辰Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Burial
09:00–10:59己巳Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Closing the roof ridge
11:00–12:59庚午White TigerWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
13:00–14:59辛未Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
15:00–16:59壬申Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
17:00–18:59癸酉Black TortoiseThanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth
19:00–20:59甲戌Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
21:00–22:59乙亥Hooked ArrayWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59丙子Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · 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
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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)
Rabjung 17, Wood Rooster year, month 10, day 25
Hebrew calendar
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Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura)
24 Dhu al-Qaʿdah 1426 AH
Ethiopian calendar
17 Tahsas 1998 EC
Coptic calendar
17 Koiak 1722 AM
Japanese era calendar
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Minguo calendar
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Maya calendars
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Aztec calendars
13 Tochtli (rabbit), 20 Tozoztontli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
9 Pachons, Shemu (harvest), year 2754 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar
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