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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 May 1858

Thursday

Lunar date
农历戊午年四月初八
戊午 (Wuwu) · Year of the Horse · 丁巳 癸丑
Nayin Mulberry Wood
Solar term
Start of Summer
Pentad · wáng guā shēng
Next solar term · Grain Buds 1858-05-21
Auspicious

Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Installing machinery · Visiting family and friends · Consecrating sacred images · Seeking a doctor · Medical treatment · Roofing · Laying foundations · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Setting column bases · Erecting pillars · Raising the ridge beam · Installing doors · Building a stove · Draining water · Building a privy · Digging ponds · Planting · Raising livestock · Building livestock pens · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial · Erecting a tombstone

Avoid

Weddings · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Moving house · Moving into a new home

Clash
Goat · Sha direction east
Day god
Jade Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Success
Lunar mansion
Dipper · auspicious
Nine star
八白土
Fetus god
房床厕 外东北
Directions
Joy southeast · Wealth south · Fortune west
Peng Zu's taboos
癸不词讼理弱敌强 丑不冠带主不还乡
Auspicious stars

tiān ēn · sān hé · lín rì · tiān xǐ · tiān yī · liù yí · Jade Hall

Inauspicious stars

yàn duì · zhāo yáo · sì jī · guī jì · bā zhuān · chù shuǐ lóng

Hours of the day

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