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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 December 2024
Friday · Yalda Night
Lunar date
农历甲辰年十一月二十
甲辰 (Jiachen) · Year of the Dragon · 丙子 戊午
Nayin Fire in the Sky
Solar term
Major Snow
Pentad · lì tǐng chū
Next solar term · Winter Solstice 2024-12-21
Auspicious
Pulling down a house · Pulling down walls · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Ritual bathing · Avoid everything else
Avoid
Nothing is favourable
- Clash
- Rat · Sha direction north
- Day god
- Controller of Fate · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Destruction
- Lunar mansion
- Ox · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 六白金
- Fetus god
- 房床碓 外正东
- Directions
- Joy southeast · Wealth north · Fortune north
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 戊不受田田主不祥 午不苫盖屋主更张
- Folk taboo days
- Four Separations (eve of equinox or solstice)
Auspicious stars
yáng dé · liù yí · xù shì · jiě shén · Controller of Fate
Inauspicious stars
yuè pò · dà hào · zāi shà · tiān huǒ · yàn duì · zhāo yáo · wǔ xū · xuè jì
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 壬子 | Golden Coffer | |
| 01:00–02:59 | 癸丑 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Burial · Building and repairs · Thanksgiving to the gods |
| 03:00–04:59 | 甲寅 | White Tiger | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 05:00–06:59 | 乙卯 | Jade Hall | Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 07:00–08:59 | 丙辰 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 09:00–10:59 | 丁巳 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 11:00–12:59 | 戊午 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 13:00–14:59 | 己未 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Praying for children |
| 15:00–16:59 | 庚申 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post |
| 17:00–18:59 | 辛酉 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 19:00–20:59 | 壬戌 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Building and repairs |
| 21:00–22:59 | 癸亥 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Building and repairs |
| 23:00–23:59 | 甲子 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · 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.
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- Minguo calendar
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- Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
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