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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 26 December 2026

Saturday

Lunar date
农历丙午年十一月十八
丙午 (Bingwu) · Year of the Horse · 庚子 甲戌
Nayin Fire on the Mountain
Solar term
Winter Solstice
Pentad · qiū yǐn jié
Next solar term · Minor Cold 2027-01-05
Auspicious

Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Sculpting and painting deities · Cleansing and exorcism · Demolition · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Erecting pillars · Raising the ridge beam · Installing doors · Buying property · Digging ponds · Digging wells · Acquiring livestock · Placing the bed · Planting · Building livestock pens · Breaking ground for a grave · Moving a coffin · Erecting a tombstone

Avoid

Weddings · Opening for business · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Encoffining · Taking up a post · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Travel · Burial

Clash
Dragon · Sha direction north
Day god
Heavenly Punishment · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Open
Lunar mansion
Stomach · auspicious
Nine star
二黑土
Fetus god
占门栖 外西南
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos
甲不开仓财物耗散 戌不吃犬作怪上床
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars

yuè ēn · sì xiāng · shí yáng · shēng qì

Inauspicious stars

wǔ xū · bā fēng · jiǔ kōng · wǎng wáng · Heavenly Punishment

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59甲子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
01:00–02:59乙丑Black TortoiseWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
03:00–04:59丙寅Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
05:00–06:59丁卯Hooked ArrayWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
07:00–08:59戊辰Azure Dragon
09:00–10:59己巳Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
11:00–12:59庚午Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59辛未Vermilion BirdWeddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
15:00–16:59壬申Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Opening for business · Taking up a post
17:00–18:59癸酉Heavenly VirtueTravel · Taking up a post · Seeking wealth
19:00–20:59甲戌White TigerWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
21:00–22:59乙亥Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59丙子White TigerWeddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings

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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