Calendars · Find auspicious days

Chinese almanac (Huangli), 8 December 2010

Wednesday

Lunar date
农历庚寅年十一月初三
庚寅 (Gengyin) · Year of the Tiger · 戊子 壬辰
Nayin Long-Flowing Water
Solar term
Major Snow
Pentad · hé dàn bù míng
Next solar term · Winter Solstice 2010-12-22
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
Winnowing Basket · auspicious
Nine star
五黄土
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
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
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 PrisonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
01:00–02:59辛丑Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Praying for blessings · Burial
03:00–04:59壬寅Controller of FateWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Burial
05:00–06:59癸卯Hooked ArrayWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
07:00–08:59甲辰Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
09:00–10:59乙巳Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
11:00–12:59丙午Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59丁未Vermilion BirdWeddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
15:00–16:59戊申Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59己酉Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
19:00–20:59庚戌White Tiger
21:00–22:59辛亥Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59壬子White TigerWeddings · 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
8 December 2010
Julian calendar
25 November 2010 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli)
Gengyin year (Tiger), month 11, day 3
Korean calendar (Dangi)
Dangi 4343, month 11, day 3
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa)
Rabjung 17, Iron Tiger year, month 11, day 3
Hebrew calendar
1 Tevet 5771 AM
Ethiopian calendar
29 Hidar 2003 EC
Coptic calendar
29 Hathor 1727 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka)
17 Agrahayana 1932 Saka
Japanese era calendar
Heisei 22, December 8
Minguo calendar
8 December, Minguo 99
Maya calendars
12.19.17.16.16 1 K'ib' 9 Mak
Aztec calendars
1 Cozcacuauhtli (vulture), 3 Tozoztontli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
22 Pharmuthi, Peret (growth), year 2759 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar
a.d. VII Kal. Dec., 2763 AUC