Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 November 2014

Thursday

Lunar date

农历甲午年闰九月廿八

甲午 (Jiawu) · Year of the Horse · 乙亥乙未

Nayin Gold in the Sand

Solar term

Start of Winter

Pentad · zhì rù dà shuǐ wèi shèn

Next solar term · Minor Snow 2014-11-22

Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Consecrating sacred images · Cleansing and exorcism · Felling trees · Demolition · Building and repairs · Planting · Acquiring livestock · Burial · Repairing tombs · Erecting a tombstone

Avoid

Weddings · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Travel

Clash: Ox · Sha direction west
Day god: Bright Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer: Success
Lunar mansion: Well · auspicious
Nine star: 二黑土
Fetus god: 碓磨厕房内北
Directions: Joy northwest · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos: 乙不栽植千株不长未不服药毒气入肠

Auspicious stars

Heavenly Virtue · yuè ēn · sì xiāng · sān hé · lín rì · tiān xǐ · tiān yī · liù yí · fú shēng · Bright Hall

Inauspicious stars

yàn duì · zhāo yáo · sì jī · wǎng wáng

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	丙子	Heavenly Punishment	Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
01:00–02:59	丁丑	Vermilion Bird
03:00–04:59	戊寅	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
05:00–06:59	己卯	Heavenly Virtue	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
07:00–08:59	庚辰	White Tiger
09:00–10:59	辛巳	Jade Hall	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
11:00–12:59	壬午	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59	癸未	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
15:00–16:59	甲申	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Travel · Praying for children · Seeking wealth
17:00–18:59	乙酉	Hooked Array
19:00–20:59	丙戌	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
21:00–22:59	丁亥	Bright Hall	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
23:00–23:59	戊子	Azure Dragon	Weddings · 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: 20 November 2014
Julian calendar: 7 November 2014 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Jiawu year (Horse), leap month 9, day 28
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4347, leap month 9, day 28
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Wood Horse year, month 9, day 28
Hebrew calendar: 27 Heshvan 5775 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 27 Muharram 1436 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 29 Aban 1393 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 11 Hidar 2007 EC
Coptic calendar: 11 Hathor 1731 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 29 Kartika 1936 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Heisei 26, November 20
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 20 November BE 2557
Minguo calendar: 20 November, Minguo 103
Maya calendars: 13.0.1.16.19 1 Kawak 12 Keh
Aztec calendars: 1 Quiahuitl (rain), 6 Tlacaxipehualiztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 5 Pharmuthi, Peret (growth), year 2763 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. VII Id. Nov., 2767 AUC