Chinese almanac (Huangli), 12 November 2015

Thursday · Winter Clothes Day (Hanyi)

Lunar date

农历乙未年十月初一

乙未 (Yiwei) · Year of the Goat · 丁亥壬辰

Nayin Long-Flowing Water

Solar term

Start of Winter

Pentad · shuǐ shǐ bīng

Next solar term · Minor Snow 2015-11-22

Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Haircut · Acupuncture and moxibustion · Cleansing and exorcism · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Trimming nails

Avoid

Weddings · Breaking ground · Building boats · Digging ponds · Digging wells · Travel · Building and repairs · Moving into a new home · Raising the ridge beam · Moving house · Burial · Breaking ground for a grave · Building a stove · Opening for business

Clash: Dog · Sha direction south
Day god: Controller of Fate · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer: Initiate
Lunar mansion: Legs · inauspicious
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

Auspicious stars

yáng dé · bù jiàng · jiě shén · Controller of Fate

Inauspicious stars

xiǎo hào · tiān zéi · wǔ mù · tǔ fú · fù rì

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	庚子	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
01:00–02:59	辛丑	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Moving house · Praying for blessings · Burial
03:00–04:59	壬寅	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Burial
05:00–06:59	癸卯	Hooked Array	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
07:00–08:59	甲辰	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
09:00–10:59	乙巳	Bright Hall	Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
11:00–12:59	丙午	Heavenly Punishment	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59	丁未	Vermilion Bird	Weddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
15:00–16:59	戊申	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59	己酉	Heavenly Virtue	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
19:00–20:59	庚戌	White Tiger
21:00–22:59	辛亥	Jade Hall	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59	壬子	White Tiger	Weddings · 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: 12 November 2015
Julian calendar: 30 October 2015 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Yiwei year (Goat), month 10, day 1
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4348, month 10, day 1
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Wood Goat year, month 10, day 1
Hebrew calendar: 30 Heshvan 5776 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 30 Muharram 1437 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 21 Aban 1394 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 2 Hidar 2008 EC
Coptic calendar: 2 Hathor 1732 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 21 Kartika 1937 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Heisei 27, November 12
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 12 November BE 2558
Minguo calendar: 12 November, Minguo 104
Maya calendars: 13.0.2.16.16 7 K'ib' 4 Keh
Aztec calendars: 7 Cozcacuauhtli (vulture), 18 Atlcahualo
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 27 Phamenoth, Peret (growth), year 2764 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. III Kal. Nov., 2768 AUC