Chinese almanac (Huangli), 6 January 2017

Friday · Epiphany

Lunar date

农历丙申年十二月初九

丙申 (Bingshen) · Year of the Monkey · 辛丑癸巳

Nayin Long-Flowing Water

Solar term

Minor Cold

Pentad · yàn běi xiāng

Next solar term · Major Cold 2017-01-20

Auspicious

Weddings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Consecrating sacred images · Felling trees · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Demolition · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Raising the ridge beam · Placing the bed · Acquiring livestock

Avoid

Opening for business · Funeral procession · Planting · Travel · Shipping goods · Burial · Buying property · Lawsuits · Medical treatment

Clash: Pig · Sha direction east
Day god: Jade Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer: Stable
Lunar mansion: Bond · auspicious
Nine star: 三碧木
Fetus god: 占房床房内北
Directions: Joy southeast · Wealth south · Fortune west
Peng Zu's taboos: 癸不词讼理弱敌强巳不远行财物伏藏

Auspicious stars

sān hé · yīn dé · liù yí · Jade Hall

Inauspicious stars

yàn duì · zhāo yáo · sǐ qì · jiǔ kǎn · jiǔ jiāo · chóng rì

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	壬子	White Tiger	Weddings · Burial · Praying for children · Seeking wealth
01:00–02:59	癸丑	Jade Hall	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
03:00–04:59	甲寅	Heavenly Prison
05:00–06:59	乙卯	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
07:00–08:59	丙辰	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59	丁巳	Hooked Array	Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
11:00–12:59	戊午	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
13:00–14:59	己未	Bright Hall	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
15:00–16:59	庚申	Heavenly Punishment	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59	辛酉	Vermilion Bird	Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
19:00–20:59	壬戌	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Opening for business · Burial
21:00–22:59	癸亥	Heavenly Virtue
23:00–23:59	甲子	Golden Coffer

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: 6 January 2017
Julian calendar: 24 December 2016 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Bingshen year (Monkey), month 12, day 9
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4349, month 12, day 9
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Fire Monkey year, month 11, day 9
Hebrew calendar: 8 Tevet 5777 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 8 Rabiʿ al-Thani 1438 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 17 Dey 1395 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 28 Tahsas 2009 EC
Coptic calendar: 28 Koiak 1733 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 16 Pausha 1938 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Heisei 29, January 6
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 6 January BE 2560
Minguo calendar: 6 January, Minguo 106
Maya calendars: 13.0.4.1.17 12 Kab'an 0 Muwan
Aztec calendars: 12 Ollin (movement), 14 Huei Tozoztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 23 Pachons, Shemu (harvest), year 2765 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. IX Kal. Ian., 2769 AUC