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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 12 November 1878

Tuesday

Lunar date
农历戊寅年十月十八
戊寅 (Wuyin) · Year of the Tiger · 癸亥 甲午
Nayin Gold in the Sand
Solar term
Start of Winter
Pentad · dì shǐ dòng
Next solar term · Minor Snow 1878-11-22
Auspicious

Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Weddings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Carving · Moving house · Opening for business · Moving into a new home · Travel · Breaking ground · Visiting family and friends · Starting school · Building and repairs · Laying foundations · Installing doors · Placing the bed · Building temples · Cleansing and exorcism · Receiving wealth · Digging ponds · Building livestock pens · Raising livestock

Avoid

Raising the ridge beam · Opening granaries · Shipping goods · Roofing · Building boats

Clash
Rat · Sha direction north
Day god
Azure Dragon · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Danger
Lunar mansion
Encampment · auspicious
Nine star
三碧木
Fetus god
占门碓 房内北
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos
甲不开仓财物耗散 午不苫盖屋主更张
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars

yuè dé · sì xiāng · pǔ hù · Azure Dragon · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

tiān lì · zhì sǐ · wǔ xū

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59甲子Golden Coffer
01:00–02:59乙丑Heavenly VirtuePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove
03:00–04:59丙寅White TigerWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
05:00–06:59丁卯Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
07:00–08:59戊辰Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Fasting and Taoist rites
09:00–10:59己巳Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Burial
11:00–12:59庚午Controller of FateWeddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
13:00–14:59辛未Hooked ArrayWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Praying for children
15:00–16:59壬申Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
17:00–18:59癸酉Bright HallMoving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Placing the bed
19:00–20:59甲戌Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
21:00–22:59乙亥Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
23:00–23:59丙子Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial

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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