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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 26 December 2016

Monday

Lunar date
农历丙申年十一月廿八
丙申 (Bingshen) · Year of the Monkey · 庚子 壬午
Nayin Willow Wood
Solar term
Winter Solstice
Pentad · mí jiǎo jiě
Next solar term · Minor Cold 2017-01-05
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Ritual bathing · Pulling down a house · Pulling down walls · Avoid everything else

Avoid

Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Visiting the sick · Travel · Roofing

Clash
Rat · Sha direction north
Day god
Controller of Fate · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Destruction
Lunar mansion
Heart · inauspicious
Nine star
一白水
Fetus god
仓库碓 外西北
Directions
Joy south · Wealth south · Fortune northwest
Peng Zu's taboos
壬不泱水更难提防 午不苫盖屋主更张
Auspicious stars

yuè dé · tiān ēn · yáng dé · liù yí · xù shì · jiě shén · Controller of Fate · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

yuè pò · dà hào · zāi shà · tiān huǒ · yàn duì · zhāo yáo · wǔ xū · xuè jì

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59庚子Golden Coffer
01:00–02:59辛丑Heavenly VirtuePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods
03:00–04:59壬寅White TigerWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
05:00–06:59癸卯Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
07:00–08:59甲辰Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
09:00–10:59乙巳Black TortoiseSeeking wealth
11:00–12:59丙午Controller of FateWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
13:00–14:59丁未Hooked ArrayWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
15:00–16:59戊申Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
17:00–18:59己酉Bright HallWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
19:00–20:59庚戌Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
21:00–22:59辛亥Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings
23:00–23:59壬子Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · 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
26 December 2016
Julian calendar
13 December 2016 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli)
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Korean calendar (Dangi)
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Tibetan calendar (Phugpa)
Rabjung 17, Fire Monkey year, month 10, day 28
Hebrew calendar
26 Kislev 5777 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura)
27 Rabiʿ al-Awwal 1438 AH
Ethiopian calendar
17 Tahsas 2009 EC
Coptic calendar
17 Koiak 1733 AM
Japanese era calendar
Heisei 28, December 26
Minguo calendar
26 December, Minguo 105
Maya calendars
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Aztec calendars
1 Miquiztli (death), 3 Huei Tozoztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
12 Pachons, Shemu (harvest), year 2765 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar
Idus Dec., 2769 AUC