Chinese almanac (Huangli), 11 November 2017

Saturday

Lunar date

农历丁酉年九月廿三

丁酉 (Dingyou) · Year of the Rooster · 辛亥壬寅

Nayin Gold Leaf

Solar term

Start of Winter

Pentad · shuǐ shǐ bīng

Next solar term · Minor Snow 2017-11-22

Auspicious

Travel · Receiving wealth · Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Breaking ground · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Cutting cloth for garments · Visiting family and friends · Demolition · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Installing the household altar · Setting up the loom · Shipping goods · Decorating walls · Repairing roads

Avoid

Building temples · Thanking the Earth God · Building a stove · Making beams · Felling trees · Burial · Funeral procession · Repairing tombs · Visiting the sick

Clash: Monkey · Sha direction north
Day god: Heavenly Prison · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer: Balance
Lunar mansion: Stomach · auspicious
Nine star: 四绿木
Fetus god: 仓库炉房内南
Directions: Joy south · Wealth south · Fortune northwest
Peng Zu's taboos: 壬不泱水更难提防寅不祭祀神鬼不尝
Folk taboo days: Monthly taboo day

Auspicious stars

tiān yuàn · shí dé · xiàng rì · liù hé · wǔ fù · bù jiàng · jīn táng · wǔ hé · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

hé kuí · sǐ shén · yóu huò · wǔ xū · fù rì · Heavenly Prison

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	庚子	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
01:00–02:59	辛丑	Bright Hall	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
03:00–04:59	壬寅	Heavenly Punishment
05:00–06:59	癸卯	Vermilion Bird	Weddings · Burial · Building and repairs · Thanksgiving to the gods
07:00–08:59	甲辰	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Opening for business · Praying for blessings · Burial
09:00–10:59	乙巳	Heavenly Virtue	Weddings · Travel · Burial · Building and repairs
11:00–12:59	丙午	White Tiger	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59	丁未	Jade Hall	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
15:00–16:59	戊申	Heavenly Prison
17:00–18:59	己酉	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
19:00–20:59	庚戌	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
21:00–22:59	辛亥	Hooked Array	Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Praying for children
23:00–23:59	壬子	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial

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: 11 November 2017
Julian calendar: 29 October 2017 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Dingyou year (Rooster), month 9, day 23
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4350, month 9, day 23
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Fire Rooster year, month 9, day 23
Hebrew calendar: 22 Heshvan 5778 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 22 Safar 1439 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 20 Aban 1396 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 2 Hidar 2010 EC
Coptic calendar: 2 Hathor 1734 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 20 Kartika 1939 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Heisei 29, November 11
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 11 November BE 2560
Minguo calendar: 11 November, Minguo 106
Maya calendars: 13.0.4.17.6 9 Kimi 4 Keh
Aztec calendars: 9 Miquiztli (death), 18 Atlcahualo
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 27 Phamenoth, Peret (growth), year 2766 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. IV Kal. Nov., 2770 AUC