Chinese almanac (Huangli), 8 December 2016

Thursday

Lunar date

农历丙申年十一月初十

丙申 (Bingshen) · Year of the Monkey · 庚子甲子

Nayin Gold in the Sea

Solar term

Major Snow

Pentad · hé dàn bù míng

Next solar term · Winter Solstice 2016-12-21

Auspicious

Trading · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Ritual bathing · Catching pests · Encoffining · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Burial · Thanking the Earth God · Opening a grave for reburial · Repairing tombs

Avoid

Fasting and Taoist rites · Moving into a new home · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Breaking ground for a grave

Clash: Horse · Sha direction south
Day god: Golden Coffer · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer: Establish
Lunar mansion: Legs · inauspicious
Nine star: 一白水
Fetus god: 占门碓外东南
Directions: Joy northeast · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos: 甲不开仓财物耗散子不问卜自惹祸殃

Auspicious stars

tiān ēn · tiān shè · yuè ēn · sì xiāng · guān rì · jìng ān · Golden Coffer

Inauspicious stars

yuè jiàn · xiǎo shí · tǔ fǔ · yuè yàn · dì huǒ

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	甲子	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Opening for business · Praying for blessings · Burial
01:00–02:59	乙丑	Heavenly Virtue	Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
03:00–04:59	丙寅	White Tiger	Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
05:00–06:59	丁卯	Jade Hall	Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
07:00–08:59	戊辰	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
09:00–10:59	己巳	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
11:00–12:59	庚午	Controller of Fate
13:00–14:59	辛未	Hooked Array	Weddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
15:00–16:59	壬申	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59	癸酉	Bright Hall	Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Placing the bed
19:00–20:59	甲戌	Heavenly Punishment	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Burial
21:00–22:59	乙亥	Vermilion Bird	Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59	丙子	Heavenly Punishment	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: 8 December 2016
Julian calendar: 25 November 2016 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Bingshen year (Monkey), month 11, day 10
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4349, month 11, day 10
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Fire Monkey year, month 10, day 9
Hebrew calendar: 8 Kislev 5777 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 9 Rabiʿ al-Awwal 1438 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 18 Azar 1395 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 29 Hidar 2009 EC
Coptic calendar: 29 Hathor 1733 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 17 Agrahayana 1938 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Heisei 28, December 8
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 8 December BE 2559
Minguo calendar: 8 December, Minguo 105
Maya calendars: 13.0.4.0.8 9 Lamat 11 Mak
Aztec calendars: 9 Tochtli (rabbit), 5 Tozoztontli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 24 Pharmuthi, Peret (growth), year 2765 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. VII Kal. Dec., 2769 AUC