Chinese almanac (Huangli), 21 December 2056

Thursday · Winter Solstice (Dongzhi)

Lunar date

农历丙子年十一月十五

丙子 (Bingzi) · Year of the Rat · 庚子丁未

Nayin Water of the Milky Way

Solar term today

Winter Solstice

Pentad · qiū yǐn jié

Next solar term · Minor Cold 2057-01-05

Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Fasting and Taoist rites · Consecrating sacred images · Starting school · Making agreements · Coming-of-age ceremony · Felling trees · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Laying foundations · Draining water · Trading · Digging ponds

Avoid

Building bridges · Installing doors · Haircut · Building temples · Planting · Building a stove

Clash: Ox · Sha direction west
Day god: Hooked Array · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer: Danger
Lunar mansion: Well · auspicious
Nine star: 八白土
Fetus god: 仓库厕房内东
Directions: Joy south · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos: 丁不剃头头必生疮未不服药毒气入肠

Auspicious stars

yuè dé hé · yào ān

Inauspicious stars

yuè shà · yuè xū · yuè hài · sì jī · bā zhuān · Hooked Array

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	庚子	Heavenly Punishment
01:00–02:59	辛丑	Vermilion Bird
03:00–04:59	壬寅	Golden Coffer
05:00–06:59	癸卯	Heavenly Virtue	Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
07:00–08:59	甲辰	White Tiger	Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
09:00–10:59	乙巳	Jade Hall	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
11:00–12:59	丙午	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59	丁未	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
15:00–16:59	戊申	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
17:00–18:59	己酉	Hooked Array	Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
19:00–20:59	庚戌	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
21:00–22:59	辛亥	Bright Hall	Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
23:00–23:59	壬子	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed

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: 21 December 2056
Julian calendar: 8 December 2056 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Bingzi year (Rat), month 11, day 15
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4389, month 11, day 15
Hebrew calendar: 14 Tevet 5817 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 14 Jumada al-Akhirah 1479 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 1 Dey 1435 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 12 Tahsas 2049 EC
Coptic calendar: 12 Koiak 1773 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 30 Agrahayana 1978 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Reiwa 38, December 21
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 21 December BE 2599
Minguo calendar: 21 December, Minguo 145
Maya calendars: 13.2.4.11.11 7 Chuwen 14 K'ank'in
Aztec calendars: 7 Ozomahtli (monkey), 8 Huei Tozoztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 17 Pachons, Shemu (harvest), year 2805 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. VI Id. Dec., 2809 AUC