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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 17 February 1840
Monday · Lantern Festival
Lunar date
农历庚子年正月十五
庚子 (Gengzi) · Year of the Rat · 戊寅 丙午
Nayin Water of the Milky Way
Solar term
Start of Spring
Pentad · yú zhì fù bīng
Next solar term · Rain Water 1840-02-19
Auspicious
Cleansing and exorcism · Ritual bathing
Avoid
Nothing is favourable
- Clash
- Rat · Sha direction north
- Day god
- White Tiger · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Stable
- Lunar mansion
- Heart · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 七赤金
- Fetus god
- 厨灶碓 房内东
- Directions
- Joy southwest · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 丙不修灶必见灾殃 午不苫盖屋主更张
Auspicious stars
yuè dé · yuè ēn · sì xiāng · shí dé · mín rì · sān hé · lín rì · tiān mǎ · shí yīn · míng fèi
Inauspicious stars
sǐ qì · White Tiger
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 戊子 | Golden Coffer | |
| 01:00–02:59 | 己丑 | Heavenly Virtue | Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove |
| 03:00–04:59 | 庚寅 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 05:00–06:59 | 辛卯 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 07:00–08:59 | 壬辰 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Building and repairs |
| 09:00–10:59 | 癸巳 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 11:00–12:59 | 甲午 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 13:00–14:59 | 乙未 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 15:00–16:59 | 丙申 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 17:00–18:59 | 丁酉 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings |
| 19:00–20:59 | 戊戌 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 21:00–22:59 | 己亥 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings |
| 23:00–23:59 | 庚子 | Heavenly Punishment |
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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