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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 15 January 1857

Thursday

Lunar date
农历丙辰年十二月二十
丙辰 (Bingchen) · Year of the Dragon · 辛丑 癸卯
Nayin Gold Leaf
Solar term
Minor Cold
Pentad · zhì shǐ gòu
Next solar term · Major Cold 1857-01-20
Auspicious

Travel · Laying foundations · Placing the bed · Receiving wealth · Trading · Signing contracts · Weddings · Planting · Encoffining · Moving a coffin · Burial

Avoid

Hanging a signboard · Moving into a new home · Raising the ridge beam · Praying for blessings · Lawsuits · Making beams · Building a stove · Digging ponds · Installing doors · Breaking ground · Breaking ground for a grave · Digging wells

Clash
Rooster · Sha direction west
Day god
Heavenly Virtue · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Full
Lunar mansion
Well · auspicious
Nine star
四绿木
Fetus god
房床门 房内西
Directions
Joy southeast · Wealth south · Fortune west
Peng Zu's taboos
癸不词讼理弱敌强 卯不穿井水泉不香
Auspicious stars

mín rì · tiān wū · fú dé · tiān cāng · jīn táng · wǔ hé · bǎo guāng · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

zāi shà · tiān huǒ

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59壬子Controller of FateWeddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial
01:00–02:59癸丑Hooked ArrayWeddings · Burial · Praying for children
03:00–04:59甲寅Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
05:00–06:59乙卯Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
07:00–08:59丙辰Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59丁巳Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings
11:00–12:59戊午Golden CofferWeddings · Opening for business · Burial · Building and repairs
13:00–14:59己未Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
15:00–16:59庚申White TigerWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
17:00–18:59辛酉Jade Hall
19:00–20:59壬戌Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
21:00–22:59癸亥Black TortoiseWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
23:00–23:59甲子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings

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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