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Chinese Almanac 老黄历

Ganzhi calendar, auspicious-day chooser, 24 solar terms, 12 shichen — Australia/Sydney time.

Guidance, not prophecy. For reflection, not decision.

2027-11-30 · Tue · Sagittarius

Lunar 2027-11-03

Year pillar

Dīng-Wèi (Goat)

Month pillar

Xīn-Hài

Day pillar

Guǐ-Chǒu (Water)

Suitable (宜)

  • Painting and sculpting
  • Meeting relatives and friends
  • Machinery installation
  • Sealing holes
  • Net making
  • Tailoring
  • Meridian work

Avoid (忌)

  • Wedding
  • Open for business
  • Praying for blessings
  • Daoist ritual
  • Burial

Conflict (冲)

(Dīng-Wèi) Goat

Sha direction (煞)：East

Auspicious deities (吉神宜趋)

  • Heaven Grace
  • Guarding Day
  • Heaven Shaman
  • Blessed Virtue
  • Jade Palace
  • Jade Hall

Inauspicious deities (凶神宜忌)

  • Month Loathing
  • Earth Fire
  • Nine Voids
  • Greater Sha
  • Return Taboo
  • Eight Specialisations
  • Touching the Water Dragon
  • Concluding Resistance
  • Yin Error

Directions

Joy
Xùn (Wind)
Fortune
Gèn (Mountain)
Wealth
Lí (Fire)
Yang nobility
Xùn (Wind)
Yin nobility
Zhèn (Thunder)
28 mansions
Turtle-beak (Monkey/Western/White Tiger) · Inauspicious
Jianchu
Full
Day spirit
Jade Hall · Yellow Way (auspicious) · Auspicious
Nayin
Water of the Milky Way · Gold of Hairpins and Bracelets · Mulberry and Cudrania Wood
Pentad
Heaven's qi rises, earth's qi descends
Fetal deity
Bedroom bed and latrine · Outer North-East
Empty branches
Yín + Mǎo
Pengzu · stem
On a Guǐ day, do not file lawsuits — your case is weak and the foe is strong.
Pengzu · branch
On a Chǒu day, do not don ceremonial cap and belt — the master will not return home.

12 Shichen for today

All times Sydney local (AEST/AEDT).

ShichenHour range (Sydney)Hour pillarSpiritLuckConflict (冲)Sha direction (煞)
Zǐ Hour23:00-01:00Rén-ZǐHeaven Punishment · Black Way (inauspicious)Inauspicious(Bǐng-Wǔ) HorseSouth
Chǒu Hour01:00-03:00Guǐ-ChǒuVermilion Bird · Black Way (inauspicious)Inauspicious(Dīng-Wèi) GoatEast
Yín Hour03:00-05:00Jiǎ-YínGolden Coffer · Yellow Way (auspicious)Auspicious(Wù-Shēn) MonkeyNorth
Mǎo Hour05:00-07:00Yǐ-MǎoHeaven Virtue · Yellow Way (auspicious)Auspicious(Jǐ-Yǒu) RoosterWest
Chén Hour07:00-09:00Bǐng-ChénWhite Tiger · Black Way (inauspicious)Inauspicious(Gēng-Xū) DogSouth
Sì Hour09:00-11:00Dīng-SìJade Hall · Yellow Way (auspicious)Auspicious(Xīn-Hài) PigEast
Wǔ Hour11:00-13:00Wù-WǔHeaven Jail · Black Way (inauspicious)Inauspicious(Rén-Zǐ) RatNorth
Wèi Hour13:00-15:00Jǐ-WèiBlack Tortoise · Black Way (inauspicious)Inauspicious(Guǐ-Chǒu) OxWest
Shēn Hour15:00-17:00Gēng-ShēnDirector of Destiny · Yellow Way (auspicious)Auspicious(Jiǎ-Yín) TigerSouth
Yǒu Hour17:00-19:00Xīn-YǒuHooked Chen · Black Way (inauspicious)Inauspicious(Yǐ-Mǎo) RabbitEast
Xū Hour19:00-21:00Rén-XūAzure Dragon · Yellow Way (auspicious)Auspicious(Bǐng-Chén) DragonNorth
Hài Hour21:00-23:00Guǐ-HàiBright Hall · Yellow Way (auspicious)Auspicious(Dīng-Sì) SnakeWest

Shichen are traditional 2-hour windows, for guidance only. Personal charts use longitude-corrected true solar time.

24 solar terms this year

  1. Lesser ColdUpcoming

    2027-01-06

    01:09:58 +11:00

  2. Greater Cold

    2027-01-20

    18:29:50 +11:00

  3. Beginning of Spring

    2027-02-04

    12:46:18 +11:00

  4. Rain Water

    2027-02-19

    08:33:29 +11:00

  5. Awakening of Insects

    2027-03-06

    06:39:33 +11:00

  6. Spring Equinox

    2027-03-21

    07:24:42 +11:00

  7. Pure Brightness

    2027-04-05

    10:17:31 +10:00

  8. Grain Rain

    2027-04-20

    17:17:38 +10:00

  9. Beginning of Summer

    2027-05-06

    03:25:12 +10:00

  10. Lesser Fullness of Grain

    2027-05-21

    16:18:14 +10:00

  11. Grain in Ear

    2027-06-06

    07:25:48 +10:00

  12. Summer Solstice

    2027-06-22

    00:10:50 +10:00

  13. Lesser Heat

    2027-07-07

    17:37:03 +10:00

  14. Greater Heat

    2027-07-23

    11:04:39 +10:00

  15. Beginning of Autumn

    2027-08-08

    03:26:46 +10:00

  16. End of Heat

    2027-08-23

    18:14:19 +10:00

  17. White Dew

    2027-09-08

    06:28:28 +10:00

  18. Autumn Equinox

    2027-09-23

    16:01:43 +10:00

  19. Cold Dew

    2027-10-08

    23:17:06 +11:00

  20. Frost's Descent

    2027-10-24

    02:32:52 +11:00

  21. Beginning of Winter

    2027-11-08

    02:38:35 +11:00

  22. Lesser Snow

    2027-11-23

    00:16:14 +11:00

  23. Greater Snow

    2027-12-07

    19:37:41 +11:00

  24. Winter Solstice

    2027-12-22

    13:42:10 +11:00

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