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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 7 May 1878

Tuesday

Lunar date
农历戊寅年四月初六
戊寅 (Wuyin) · Year of the Tiger · 丁巳 乙酉
Nayin Water in the Spring
Solar term
Start of Summer
Pentad · lóu guō míng
Next solar term · Grain Buds 1878-05-21
Auspicious

Weddings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Consecrating sacred images · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Travel · Demolition · Breaking ground · Cleansing and exorcism · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Hanging a signboard · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Placing the bed · Installing doors · Raising the ridge beam · Burial · Breaking ground for a grave · Thanking the Earth God

Avoid

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Clash
Rabbit · Sha direction east
Day god
Vermilion Bird · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Stable
Lunar mansion
Turtle Beak · inauspicious
Nine star
七赤金
Fetus god
碓磨门 外西北
Directions
Joy northwest · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos
乙不栽植千株不长 酉不会客醉坐颠狂
Auspicious stars

yuè dé hé · mín rì · sān hé · shí yīn · bù jiàng · yào ān · chú shén · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

sǐ qì · wǔ lí · Vermilion Bird

Hours of the day

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

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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