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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 16 May 1838
Wednesday
Lunar date
农历戊戌年四月廿三
戊戌 (Wuxu) · Year of the Dog · 丁巳 甲子
Nayin Gold in the Sea
Solar term
Start of Summer
Pentad · wáng guā shēng
Next solar term · Grain Buds 1838-05-21
Auspicious
Weddings · Betrothal gifts · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Travel · Breaking ground · Raising the ridge beam · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial
Avoid
Fasting and Taoist rites
- Clash
- Horse · Sha direction south
- Day god
- White Tiger · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Danger
- Lunar mansion
- Winnowing Basket · auspicious
- Nine star
- 四绿木
- Fetus god
- 占门碓 外东南
- Directions
- Joy northeast · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 甲不开仓财物耗散 子不问卜自惹祸殃
- Folk taboo days
- Monthly taboo day
Auspicious stars
yuè kōng · tiān ēn · tiān mǎ · bù jiàng
Inauspicious stars
tiān lì · zhì sǐ · wǔ xū · White Tiger
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 甲子 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Opening for business · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 01:00–02:59 | 乙丑 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 03:00–04:59 | 丙寅 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post |
| 05:00–06:59 | 丁卯 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 07:00–08:59 | 戊辰 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed |
| 09:00–10:59 | 己巳 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 11:00–12:59 | 庚午 | Controller of Fate | |
| 13:00–14:59 | 辛未 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 15:00–16:59 | 壬申 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 17:00–18:59 | 癸酉 | Bright Hall | Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Placing the bed |
| 19:00–20:59 | 甲戌 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Burial |
| 21:00–22:59 | 乙亥 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 23:00–23:59 | 丙子 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Trading · 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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