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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 1 January 1885
Thursday
Lunar date
农历甲申年十一月十六
甲申 (Jiashen) · Year of the Monkey · 丙子 丙辰
Nayin Earth in the Sand
Solar term
Winter Solstice
Pentad · shuǐ quán dòng
Next solar term · Minor Cold 1885-01-05
Auspicious
Moving into a new home · Placing the bed · Consecrating sacred images · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Demolition · Breaking ground · Hanging a signboard · Encoffining · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial · Acquiring livestock
Avoid
Weddings · Opening for business · Building a stove · Buying property · Making beams · Felling trees
- Clash
- Dog · Sha direction south
- Day god
- Heavenly Prison · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Stable
- Lunar mansion
- Legs · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 八白土
- Fetus god
- 厨灶栖 外正东
- Directions
- Joy southwest · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 丙不修灶必见灾殃 辰不哭泣必主重丧
Auspicious stars
yuè kōng · sān hé · lín rì · shí yīn · tiān cāng · shèng xīn
Inauspicious stars
sǐ qì · Heavenly Prison
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 戊子 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed |
| 01:00–02:59 | 己丑 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) |
| 03:00–04:59 | 庚寅 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading |
| 05:00–06:59 | 辛卯 | Hooked Array | |
| 07:00–08:59 | 壬辰 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed |
| 09:00–10:59 | 癸巳 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 11:00–12:59 | 甲午 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading |
| 13:00–14:59 | 乙未 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post |
| 15:00–16:59 | 丙申 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 17:00–18:59 | 丁酉 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 19:00–20:59 | 戊戌 | White Tiger | |
| 21:00–22:59 | 己亥 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 23:00–23:59 | 庚子 | White Tiger | Weddings · Moving house · Opening for business · 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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