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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 19 December 2017

Tuesday

Lunar date
农历丁酉年十一月初二
丁酉 (Dingyou) · Year of the Rooster · 壬子 庚辰
Nayin White Wax Gold
Solar term
Major Snow
Pentad · lì tǐng chū
Next solar term · Winter Solstice 2017-12-22
Auspicious

Weddings · Coming-of-age ceremony · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Carving · Consecrating sacred images · Installing the household altar · Travel · Starting school · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Erecting pillars · Raising the ridge beam · Roofing · Laying foundations · Installing doors · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Digging wells · Building livestock pens · Burial · Breaking ground for a grave · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes

Avoid

Opening for business · Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Building a stove · Building temples · Building boats · Setting up the loom

Clash
Dog · Sha direction south
Day god
Heavenly Prison · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Stable
Lunar mansion
Wings · inauspicious
Nine star
八白土
Fetus god
碓磨栖 外正西
Directions
Joy northwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos
庚不经络织机虚张 辰不哭泣必主重丧
Auspicious stars

tiān ēn · sān hé · lín rì · shí yīn · tiān cāng · bù jiàng · shèng xīn

Inauspicious stars

sǐ qì · Heavenly Prison

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59丙子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
01:00–02:59丁丑Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
03:00–04:59戊寅Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
05:00–06:59己卯Hooked ArrayWeddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home
07:00–08:59庚辰Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
09:00–10:59辛巳Bright HallWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
11:00–12:59壬午Heavenly PunishmentTravel · Thanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth
13:00–14:59癸未Vermilion BirdWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Thanksgiving to the gods
15:00–16:59甲申Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
17:00–18:59乙酉Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59丙戌White Tiger
21:00–22:59丁亥Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59戊子White TigerWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading

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.

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Aztec calendars
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Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
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Roman calendar
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