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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 21 December 2013
Saturday · Yalda Night
Lunar date
农历癸巳年十一月十九
癸巳 (Guisi) · Year of the Snake · 甲子 辛酉
Nayin Pomegranate Wood
Solar term
Major Snow
Pentad · lì tǐng chū
Next solar term · Winter Solstice 2013-12-22
Auspicious
Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Consecrating sacred images · Haircut · Trimming nails · Placing the bed · Building a stove · Cleaning the house · Training oxen and horses
Avoid
Felling trees · Acquiring livestock · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial · Preparing one's own tomb · Weddings · Opening for business · Breaking ground · Trading · Making beams
- Clash
- Rabbit · Sha direction east
- Day god
- Bright Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Receive
- Lunar mansion
- Willow · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 三碧木
- Fetus god
- 厨灶门 外东南
- Directions
- Joy southwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 辛不合酱主人不尝 酉不会客醉坐颠狂
- Folk taboo days
- Four Separations (eve of equinox or solstice)
Auspicious stars
mǔ cāng · jīn táng · chú shén · Bright Hall · míng fèi
Inauspicious stars
hé kuí · dà shí · dà bài · xián chí · sì hào · dì náng · wǔ lí
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 戊子 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 01:00–02:59 | 己丑 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 03:00–04:59 | 庚寅 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 05:00–06:59 | 辛卯 | Bright Hall | |
| 07:00–08:59 | 壬辰 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 09:00–10:59 | 癸巳 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed |
| 11:00–12:59 | 甲午 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 13:00–14:59 | 乙未 | Heavenly Virtue | Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove |
| 15:00–16:59 | 丙申 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 17:00–18:59 | 丁酉 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings |
| 19:00–20:59 | 戊戌 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) |
| 21:00–22:59 | 己亥 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Burial |
| 23:00–23:59 | 庚子 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
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.
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- Hebrew calendar
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- Ethiopian calendar
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- Coptic calendar
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- Indian national calendar (Saka)
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- Japanese era calendar
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- Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era)
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- Minguo calendar
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- Maya calendars
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- Aztec calendars
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- Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
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- Roman calendar
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