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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 November 1869

Saturday

Lunar date
农历己巳年十月十七
己巳 (Jisi) · Year of the Snake · 乙亥 乙卯
Nayin Water of the Great Stream
Solar term
Start of Winter
Pentad · zhì rù dà shuǐ wèi shèn
Next solar term · Minor Snow 1869-11-22
Auspicious

Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Receiving wealth · Opening for business · Signing contracts · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Travel · Roofing · Laying foundations · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Erecting pillars · Raising the ridge beam · Installing doors · Installing the household altar · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Training oxen and horses · Visiting family and friends · Breaking ground for a grave

Avoid

Weddings · Burial · Digging wells · Buying property · Building boats

Clash
Rooster · Sha direction west
Day god
Black Tortoise · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Stable
Lunar mansion
Girl · inauspicious
Nine star
九紫火
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

Heavenly Virtue · yuè ēn · sì xiāng · yáng dé · mín rì · sān hé · shí yīn · wǔ hé · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

sǐ qì · yuán wǔ

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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