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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 21 December 2116

Monday · Yalda Night

Lunar date
农历丙子年十一月十八
丙子 (Bingzi) · Year of the Rat · 庚子 辛酉
Nayin Pomegranate Wood
Solar term
Major Snow
Pentad · lì tǐng chū
Next solar term · Winter Solstice 2116-12-22
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Consecrating sacred images · Haircut · Trimming nails · Placing the bed · Building a stove · Cleaning the house · Training oxen and horses

Avoid

Felling trees · Acquiring livestock · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial · Preparing one's own tomb · Weddings · Opening for business · Breaking ground · Trading · Making beams

Clash
Rabbit · Sha direction east
Day god
Bright Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Receive
Lunar mansion
Rooftop · inauspicious
Nine star
三碧木
Fetus god
厨灶门 外东南
Directions
Joy southwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos
辛不合酱主人不尝 酉不会客醉坐颠狂
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day) · Four Separations (eve of equinox or solstice)
Auspicious stars

mǔ cāng · jīn táng · chú shén · Bright Hall · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

hé kuí · dà shí · dà bài · xián chí · sì hào · dì náng · wǔ lí

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59戊子Controller of FateWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
01:00–02:59己丑Hooked ArrayWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
03:00–04:59庚寅Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
05:00–06:59辛卯Bright Hall
07:00–08:59壬辰Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59癸巳Vermilion BirdWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
11:00–12:59甲午Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
13:00–14:59乙未Heavenly VirtuePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove
15:00–16:59丙申White TigerWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59丁酉Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
19:00–20:59戊戌Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
21:00–22:59己亥Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Burial
23:00–23:59庚子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home

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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Hebrew calendar
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Coptic calendar
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Japanese era calendar
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Aztec calendars
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Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
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Roman calendar
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