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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 3 February 1838
Saturday
Lunar date
农历戊戌年正月初九
丁酉 (Dingyou) · Year of the Rooster · 癸丑 壬午
Nayin Willow Wood
Solar term
Major Cold
Pentad · shuǐ zé fù jiān
Next solar term · Start of Spring 1838-02-04
Auspicious
Weddings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Consecrating sacred images · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Placing the bed · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
Avoid
Digging wells · Burial · Planting · Travel · Building a stove · Opening for business · Installing doors
- Clash
- Rat · Sha direction north
- Day god
- Heavenly Prison · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Initiate
- Lunar mansion
- Stomach · auspicious
- Nine star
- 一白水
- Fetus god
- 仓库碓 外西北
- Directions
- Joy south · Wealth south · Fortune northwest
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 壬不泱水更难提防 午不苫盖屋主更张
- Folk taboo days
- Four Endings (eve of a season's start)
Auspicious stars
tiān ēn · jìng ān · jiě shén · míng fèi
Inauspicious stars
yuè hài · dà shí · dà bài · xián chí · xiǎo hào · wǔ xū · Heavenly Prison
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 庚子 | Golden Coffer | |
| 01:00–02:59 | 辛丑 | Heavenly Virtue | Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods |
| 03:00–04:59 | 壬寅 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 05:00–06:59 | 癸卯 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 07:00–08:59 | 甲辰 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 09:00–10:59 | 乙巳 | Black Tortoise | Seeking wealth |
| 11:00–12:59 | 丙午 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 13:00–14:59 | 丁未 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings |
| 15:00–16:59 | 戊申 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 17:00–18:59 | 己酉 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 19:00–20:59 | 庚戌 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 21:00–22:59 | 辛亥 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings |
| 23:00–23:59 | 壬子 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
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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