Chinese almanac (Huangli), 3 January 2025

Friday

Lunar date

农历甲辰年十二月初四

甲辰 (Jiachen) · Year of the Dragon · 丙子壬申

Nayin Gold of the Sword Edge

Solar term

Winter Solstice

Pentad · shuǐ quán dòng

Next solar term · Minor Cold 2025-01-05

Auspicious

Weddings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Consecrating sacred images · Travel · Cleansing and exorcism · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Acquiring livestock · Encoffining · Breaking ground for a grave · Repairing tombs · Erecting a tombstone

Avoid

Felling trees · Making beams · Breaking ground · Placing the bed · Planting · Building bridges

Clash: Tiger · Sha direction south
Day god: Azure Dragon · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer: Success
Lunar mansion: Ghost · inauspicious
Nine star: 九紫火
Fetus god: 仓库炉外西南
Directions: Joy south · Wealth south · Fortune northwest
Peng Zu's taboos: 壬不泱水更难提防申不安床鬼祟入房

Auspicious stars

yuè dé · mǔ cāng · sān hé · tiān xǐ · tiān yī · yù yǔ · chú shén · Azure Dragon · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

jiǔ kǎn · jiǔ jiāo · tǔ fú · dà shà · wǔ lí

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	庚子	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
01:00–02:59	辛丑	Bright Hall	Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
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 · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59	乙巳	Heavenly Virtue	Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
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 into a new home · Taking up a post
15:00–16:59	戊申	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
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	Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods
21:00–22:59	辛亥	Hooked Array	Weddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial
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: 3 January 2025
Julian calendar: 21 December 2024 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Jiachen year (Dragon), month 12, day 4
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4357, month 12, day 4
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Wood Dragon year, month 11, day 4
Hebrew calendar: 3 Tevet 5785 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 3 Rajab 1446 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 14 Dey 1403 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 25 Tahsas 2017 EC
Coptic calendar: 25 Koiak 1741 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 13 Pausha 1946 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Reiwa 7, January 3
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 3 January BE 2568
Minguo calendar: 3 January, Minguo 114
Maya calendars: 13.0.12.3.16 6 K'ib' 19 K'ank'in
Aztec calendars: 6 Cozcacuauhtli (vulture), 13 Huei Tozoztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 22 Pachons, Shemu (harvest), year 2773 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. XII Kal. Ian., 2777 AUC