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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 12 December 2017

Tuesday

Lunar date
农历丁酉年十月廿五
丁酉 (Dingyou) · Year of the Rooster · 壬子 癸酉
Nayin Gold of the Sword Edge
Solar term
Major Snow
Pentad · hǔ shǐ jiāo
Next solar term · Winter Solstice 2017-12-22
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Ritual bathing · Haircut · Receiving wealth · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Planting · Cleaning the house · Catching pests · Hunting · Making nets

Avoid

Visiting family and friends · Burial · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Placing the bed · Opening for business · Funeral procession · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Building a stove · Installing doors

Clash
Rabbit · Sha direction east
Day god
Bright Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Receive
Lunar mansion
Turtle Beak · inauspicious
Nine star
一白水
Fetus god
房床门 外西南
Directions
Joy southeast · Wealth south · Fortune west
Peng Zu's taboos
癸不词讼理弱敌强 酉不会客醉坐颠狂
Auspicious stars

mǔ cāng · jīn táng · chú shén · Bright Hall · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

hé kuí · dà shí · dà bài · xián chí · fù rì · wǔ lí

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59壬子Controller of FateWeddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial
01:00–02:59癸丑Hooked ArrayWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
03:00–04:59甲寅Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
05:00–06:59乙卯Bright Hall
07:00–08:59丙辰Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59丁巳Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Praying for children
11:00–12:59戊午Golden CofferWeddings · Opening for business · Burial · Building and repairs
13:00–14:59己未Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Moving house · Praying for blessings · Burial
15:00–16:59庚申White TigerWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
17:00–18:59辛酉Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59壬戌Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
21:00–22:59癸亥Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59甲子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · 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
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Julian calendar
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Chinese calendar (Nongli)
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Korean calendar (Dangi)
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Tibetan calendar (Phugpa)
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Hebrew calendar
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Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura)
24 Rabiʿ al-Awwal 1439 AH
Ethiopian calendar
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Coptic calendar
3 Koiak 1734 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka)
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Japanese era calendar
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Minguo calendar
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Maya calendars
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Aztec calendars
1 Ollin (movement), 9 Tozoztontli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
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Roman calendar
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