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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 26 December 2008

Friday

Lunar date
农历戊子年十一月廿九
戊子 (Wuzi) · Year of the Rat · 甲子 庚子
Nayin Earth on the Wall
Solar term
Winter Solstice
Pentad · mí jiǎo jiě
Next solar term · Minor Cold 2009-01-05
Auspicious

Training oxen and horses · Avoid everything else

Avoid

Moving into a new home · Breaking ground · Breaking ground for a grave

Clash
Horse · Sha direction south
Day god
Golden Coffer · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Establish
Lunar mansion
Ghost · inauspicious
Nine star
六白金
Fetus god
占碓磨 房内南
Directions
Joy northwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos
庚不经络织机虚张 子不问卜自惹祸殃
Auspicious stars

guān rì · jìng ān · Golden Coffer · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

yuè jiàn · xiǎo shí · tǔ fú · yuè yàn · dì huǒ

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59丙子Golden CofferWeddings · Opening for business · Praying for blessings · Burial
01:00–02:59丁丑Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
03:00–04:59戊寅White TigerWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
05:00–06:59己卯Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
07:00–08:59庚辰Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
09:00–10:59辛巳Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
11:00–12:59壬午Controller of Fate
13:00–14:59癸未Hooked ArrayWeddings · Burial · Building and repairs · Thanksgiving to the gods
15:00–16:59甲申Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home
17:00–18:59乙酉Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
19:00–20:59丙戌Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
21:00–22:59丁亥Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59戊子Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business

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
17 Tahsas 2001 EC
Coptic calendar
17 Koiak 1725 AM
Japanese era calendar
Heisei 20, December 26
Minguo calendar
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Maya calendars
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Aztec calendars
4 Cuetzpalin (lizard), 1 Huei Tozoztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
10 Pachons, Shemu (harvest), year 2757 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar
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