Chinese almanac (Huangli), 31 December 2040

Monday

Lunar date

农历庚申年十一月廿八

庚申 (Gengshen) · Year of the Monkey · 戊子癸巳

Nayin Long-Flowing Water

Solar term

Winter Solstice

Pentad · shuǐ quán dòng

Next solar term · Minor Cold 2041-01-05

Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Sculpting and painting deities · Consecrating sacred images · Cutting cloth for garments · Coming-of-age ceremony · Weddings · Betrothal gifts · Demolition · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Erecting pillars · Raising the ridge beam · Placing the bed · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Installing the household altar · Making nets · Catching pests · Hunting · Felling trees · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Draining water

Avoid

Travel · Burial · Repairing tombs · Opening for business

Clash: Pig · Sha direction east
Day god: Black Tortoise · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer: Initiate
Lunar mansion: Rooftop · inauspicious
Nine star: 三碧木
Fetus god: 占房床房内北
Directions: Joy southeast · Wealth south · Fortune west
Peng Zu's taboos: 癸不词讼理弱敌强巳不远行财物伏藏

Auspicious stars

wǔ fù · yì hòu

Inauspicious stars

jié shà · xiǎo hào · fù rì · chóng rì · yuán wǔ

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	壬子	White Tiger	Weddings · Burial · Praying for children · Seeking wealth
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
05:00–06:59	乙卯	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
07:00–08:59	丙辰	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59	丁巳	Hooked Array	Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
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 · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
15:00–16:59	庚申	Heavenly Punishment	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59	辛酉	Vermilion Bird	Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
19:00–20:59	壬戌	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Opening for business · Burial
21:00–22:59	癸亥	Heavenly Virtue
23:00–23:59	甲子	Golden Coffer

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: 31 December 2040
Julian calendar: 18 December 2040 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Gengshen year (Monkey), month 11, day 28
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4373, month 11, day 28
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Iron Monkey year, month 10, day 28
Hebrew calendar: 27 Tevet 5801 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 26 Dhu al-Hijjah 1462 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 11 Dey 1419 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 22 Tahsas 2033 EC
Coptic calendar: 22 Koiak 1757 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 10 Pausha 1962 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Reiwa 22, December 31
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 31 December BE 2583
Minguo calendar: 31 December, Minguo 129
Maya calendars: 13.1.8.7.17 10 Kab'an 0 Muwan
Aztec calendars: 10 Ollin (movement), 14 Huei Tozoztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 23 Pachons, Shemu (harvest), year 2789 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. XV Kal. Ian., 2793 AUC