Chinese almanac (Huangli), 21 January 2012

Saturday

Lunar date

农历辛卯年十二月廿八

辛卯 (Xinmao) · Year of the Rabbit · 辛丑辛巳

Nayin White Wax Gold

Solar term today

Major Cold

Pentad · jī shǐ rǔ

Next solar term · Start of Spring 2012-02-04

Auspicious

Weddings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Breaking ground · Visiting family and friends · Laying foundations · Building a granary · Acquiring livestock · Raising livestock · Building a privy · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)

Avoid

Digging wells · Burial · Planting · Travel · Building a stove · Opening for business · Moving into a new home · Installing doors

Clash: Pig · Sha direction east
Day god: Jade Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer: Stable
Lunar mansion: Willow · inauspicious
Nine star: 九紫火
Fetus god: 厨灶床外正西
Directions: Joy southwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos: 辛不合酱主人不尝巳不远行财物伏藏

Auspicious stars

tiān ēn · yuè ēn · sān hé · shí yīn · liù yí · Jade Hall

Inauspicious stars

yàn duì · zhāo yáo · sǐ qì · jiǔ kǎn · jiǔ jiāo · chóng rì

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	戊子	White Tiger	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
01:00–02:59	己丑	Jade Hall	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
03:00–04:59	庚寅	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
05:00–06:59	辛卯	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Moving house · Opening for business · Burial
07:00–08:59	壬辰	Controller of Fate	Building and repairs · Building a stove
09:00–10:59	癸巳	Hooked Array	Weddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Thanksgiving to the gods
11:00–12:59	甲午	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
13:00–14:59	乙未	Bright Hall	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
15:00–16:59	丙申	Heavenly Punishment	Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
17:00–18:59	丁酉	Vermilion Bird	Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
19:00–20:59	戊戌	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Opening for business · Burial
21:00–22:59	己亥	Heavenly Virtue
23:00–23:59	庚子	Golden Coffer

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 January 2012
Julian calendar: 8 January 2012 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Xinmao year (Rabbit), month 12, day 28
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4344, month 12, day 28
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Iron Rabbit year, month 11, day 28
Hebrew calendar: 26 Tevet 5772 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 27 Safar 1433 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 1 Bahman 1390 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 12 Tir 2004 EC
Coptic calendar: 12 Tobi 1728 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 1 Magha 1933 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Heisei 24, January 21
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 21 January BE 2555
Minguo calendar: 21 January, Minguo 101
Maya calendars: 12.19.19.1.5 7 Chikchan 13 Muwan
Aztec calendars: 7 Coatl (serpent), 7 Toxcatl
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 6 Payni, Shemu (harvest), year 2760 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. VI Id. Ian., 2765 AUC