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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 18 January 1857

Sunday · Little New Year (Xiaonian) · Timkat (Epiphany)

Lunar date
农历丙辰年十二月廿三
丙辰 (Bingchen) · Year of the Dragon · 辛丑 丙午
Nayin Water of the Milky Way
Solar term
Minor Cold
Pentad · zhì shǐ gòu
Next solar term · Major Cold 1857-01-20
Auspicious

Ritual bathing · Catching pests · Hunting · Haircut · Trimming nails · Encoffining · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial · Thanking the Earth God · Erecting a tombstone · Repairing tombs · Opening a grave for reburial

Avoid

Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Weddings · Raising the ridge beam · Opening for business · Fasting and Taoist rites · Roofing · Installing doors

Clash
Rat · Sha direction north
Day god
Heavenly Prison · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Initiate
Lunar mansion
Star · 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
Folk taboo days
Monthly taboo day
Auspicious stars

jìng ān · jiě shén · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

yuè hài · dà shí · dà bài · xián chí · xiǎo hào · sì fèi · wǔ xū · Heavenly Prison

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59戊子Golden Coffer
01:00–02:59己丑Heavenly VirtuePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove
03:00–04:59庚寅White TigerWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
05:00–06:59辛卯Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
07:00–08:59壬辰Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Building and repairs
09:00–10:59癸巳Black TortoiseWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
11:00–12:59甲午Controller of FateWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
13:00–14:59乙未Hooked ArrayWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
15:00–16:59丙申Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59丁酉Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings
19:00–20:59戊戌Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
21:00–22:59己亥Vermilion BirdWeddings · 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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