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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 31 January 2018
Wednesday · Tu BiShvat
Lunar date
农历丁酉年十二月十五
丁酉 (Dingyou) · Year of the Rooster · 癸丑 癸亥
Nayin Water of the Great Sea
Solar term
Major Cold
Pentad · shuǐ zé fù jiān
Next solar term · Start of Spring 2018-02-04
Auspicious
Sculpting and painting deities · Consecrating sacred images · Ritual bathing · Coming-of-age ceremony · Visiting family and friends · Building a stove · Draining water · Building livestock pens
Avoid
Weddings · Encoffining · Burial · Travel
- Clash
- Snake · Sha direction west
- Day god
- Bright Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Open
- Lunar mansion
- Wall · auspicious
- Nine star
- 六白金
- Fetus god
- 占房床 外东南
- Directions
- Joy southeast · Wealth south · Fortune west
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 癸不词讼理弱敌强 亥不嫁娶不利新郎
Auspicious stars
yīn dé · wáng rì · yì mǎ · tiān hòu · shí yáng · shēng qì · yì hòu · Bright Hall
Inauspicious stars
yuè yàn · dì huǒ · sì qióng · liù shé · chóng rì · dà huì · yīn cuò
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 壬子 | White Tiger | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial |
| 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 | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed |
| 05:00–06:59 | 乙卯 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 07:00–08:59 | 丙辰 | Controller of Fate | Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove |
| 09:00–10:59 | 丁巳 | Hooked Array | |
| 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 · Trading · Opening for business |
| 15:00–16:59 | 庚申 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) |
| 17:00–18:59 | 辛酉 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 19:00–20:59 | 壬戌 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Opening for business · Burial |
| 21:00–22:59 | 癸亥 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 23:00–23:59 | 甲子 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Opening for business · Praying for blessings · 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
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- 18 January 2018 (Julian)
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- Indian national calendar (Saka)
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- Minguo calendar
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- Roman calendar
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