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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 27 January 1857

Tuesday

Lunar date
农历丁巳年正月初二
丙辰 (Bingchen) · Year of the Dragon · 辛丑 乙卯
Nayin Water of the Great Stream
Solar term
Major Cold
Pentad · zhēng niǎo lì jí
Next solar term · Start of Spring 1857-02-04
Auspicious

Weddings · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Visiting family and friends · Cleansing and exorcism · Travel · Starting school · Receiving wealth · Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Learning a craft · Setting up the loom · Placing the bed · Opening granaries · Shipping goods · Acquiring livestock · Burial · Opening a grave for reburial · Repairing tombs · Encoffining

Avoid

Moving into a new home · Consecrating sacred images · Breaking ground

Clash
Rooster · Sha direction west
Day god
Heavenly Virtue · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Full
Lunar mansion
Tail · auspicious
Nine star
七赤金
Fetus god
碓磨门 外正东
Directions
Joy northwest · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos
乙不栽植千株不长 卯不穿井水泉不香
Auspicious stars

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

Inauspicious stars

zāi shà · tiān huǒ · dì náng

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59丙子Controller of FatePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove
01:00–02:59丁丑Hooked ArrayWeddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
03:00–04:59戊寅Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
05:00–06:59己卯Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
07:00–08:59庚辰Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
09:00–10:59辛巳Vermilion BirdWeddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Roofing
11:00–12:59壬午Golden CofferWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
13:00–14:59癸未Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
15:00–16:59甲申White TigerWeddings · Travel · Seeking wealth
17:00–18:59乙酉Jade Hall
19:00–20:59丙戌Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
21:00–22:59丁亥Black TortoiseWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
23:00–23:59戊子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed

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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