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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.

2033-11-29 · Tue · Sagittarius

Lunar 2033-11-08

Year pillar

Guǐ-Chǒu (Ox)

Month pillar

Guǐ-Hài

Day pillar

Jiǎ-Shēn (Wood)

Suitable (宜)

  • Ritual offering
  • Bathing and cleansing
  • Net making
  • Moving the coffin
  • Body encoffining
  • Removing mourning clothes
  • Putting on mourning clothes

Avoid (忌)

  • Bed installation
  • Open for business
  • Trade
  • Sending out goods
  • Burial
  • Tomb repair
  • Wedding
  • Stove construction

Conflict (冲)

(Wù-Yín) Tiger

Sha direction (煞)：South

Auspicious deities (吉神宜趋)

  • Moon Virtue
  • Mother Granary
  • Four Phases
  • Removing Spirit
  • Crying Bark

Inauspicious deities (凶神宜忌)

  • Heaven Dipper-handle
  • Robbery Sha
  • Month Harm
  • Five Partings
  • Heaven Punishment

Directions

Joy
Gèn (Mountain)
Fortune
Kǎn (Water)
Wealth
Gèn (Mountain)
Yang nobility
Kūn (Earth)
Yin nobility
Gèn (Mountain)
28 mansions
Wings (Snake/Southern/Vermilion Bird) · Inauspicious
Jianchu
Receive
Day spirit
Heaven Punishment · Black Way (inauspicious) · Inauspicious
Nayin
Mulberry and Cudrania Wood · Water of the Great Sea · Water in the Spring
Pentad
Heaven's qi rises, earth's qi descends
Fetal deity
At the door and stove · Outer North-West
Empty branches
Wǔ + Wèi
Pengzu · stem
On a Jiǎ day, do not open the granary — wealth and goods will scatter.
Pengzu · branch
On a Shēn day, do not install the bed — evil spirits will enter the chamber.

12 Shichen for today

All times Sydney local (AEST/AEDT).

ShichenHour range (Sydney)Hour pillarSpiritLuckConflict (冲)Sha direction (煞)
Zǐ Hour23:00-01:00Jiǎ-ZǐAzure Dragon · Yellow Way (auspicious)Auspicious(Wù-Wǔ) HorseSouth
Chǒu Hour01:00-03:00Yǐ-ChǒuBright Hall · Yellow Way (auspicious)Auspicious(Jǐ-Wèi) GoatEast
Yín Hour03:00-05:00Bǐng-YínHeaven Punishment · Black Way (inauspicious)Inauspicious(Gēng-Shēn) MonkeyNorth
Mǎo Hour05:00-07:00Dīng-MǎoVermilion Bird · Black Way (inauspicious)Inauspicious(Xīn-Yǒu) RoosterWest
Chén Hour07:00-09:00Wù-ChénGolden Coffer · Yellow Way (auspicious)Auspicious(Rén-Xū) DogSouth
Sì Hour09:00-11:00Jǐ-SìHeaven Virtue · Yellow Way (auspicious)Auspicious(Guǐ-Hài) PigEast
Wǔ Hour11:00-13:00Gēng-WǔWhite Tiger · Black Way (inauspicious)Inauspicious(Jiǎ-Zǐ) RatNorth
Wèi Hour13:00-15:00Xīn-WèiJade Hall · Yellow Way (auspicious)Auspicious(Yǐ-Chǒu) OxWest
Shēn Hour15:00-17:00Rén-ShēnHeaven Jail · Black Way (inauspicious)Inauspicious(Bǐng-Yín) TigerSouth
Yǒu Hour17:00-19:00Guǐ-YǒuBlack Tortoise · Black Way (inauspicious)Inauspicious(Dīng-Mǎo) RabbitEast
Xū Hour19:00-21:00Jiǎ-XūDirector of Destiny · Yellow Way (auspicious)Auspicious(Wù-Chén) DragonNorth
Hài Hour21:00-23:00Yǐ-HàiHooked Chen · Black Way (inauspicious)Inauspicious(Jǐ-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

    2033-01-05

    12:08:07 +11:00

  2. Greater Cold

    2033-01-20

    05:32:48 +11:00

  3. Beginning of Spring

    2033-02-03

    23:41:36 +11:00

  4. Rain Water

    2033-02-18

    19:33:50 +11:00

  5. Awakening of Insects

    2033-03-05

    17:32:22 +11:00

  6. Spring Equinox

    2033-03-20

    18:22:45 +11:00

  7. Pure Brightness

    2033-04-04

    21:08:09 +10:00

  8. Grain Rain

    2033-04-20

    04:13:08 +10:00

  9. Beginning of Summer

    2033-05-05

    14:13:47 +10:00

  10. Lesser Fullness of Grain

    2033-05-21

    03:10:59 +10:00

  11. Grain in Ear

    2033-06-05

    18:13:27 +10:00

  12. Summer Solstice

    2033-06-21

    11:01:09 +10:00

  13. Lesser Heat

    2033-07-07

    04:24:57 +10:00

  14. Greater Heat

    2033-07-22

    21:52:49 +10:00

  15. Beginning of Autumn

    2033-08-07

    14:15:46 +10:00

  16. End of Heat

    2033-08-23

    05:01:51 +10:00

  17. White Dew

    2033-09-07

    17:20:22 +10:00

  18. Autumn Equinox

    2033-09-23

    02:51:41 +10:00

  19. Cold Dew

    2033-10-08

    10:13:57 +11:00

  20. Frost's Descent

    2033-10-23

    13:27:37 +11:00

  21. Beginning of Winter

    2033-11-07

    13:41:05 +11:00

  22. Lesser Snow

    2033-11-22

    11:16:11 +11:00

  23. Greater Snow

    2033-12-07

    06:44:56 +11:00

  24. Winter Solstice

    2033-12-22

    00:46:01 +11:00

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