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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 12 March 1885

Thursday

Lunar date
农历乙酉年正月廿六
乙酉 (Yiyou) · Year of the Rooster · 己卯 丙寅
Nayin Fire in the Furnace
Solar term
Awakening of Insects
Pentad · cāng gēng míng
Next solar term · Spring Equinox 1885-03-20
Auspicious

Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Coming-of-age ceremony · Demolition · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Placing the bed · Encoffining · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Moving a coffin · Burial · Breaking ground for a grave · Opening a grave for reburial · Building a granary

Avoid

Building a stove · Consecrating sacred images · Weddings · Opening for business · Moving into a new home

Clash
Monkey · Sha direction north
Day god
Azure Dragon · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Close
Lunar mansion
Horn · auspicious
Nine star
九紫火
Fetus god
厨灶炉 外正南
Directions
Joy southwest · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos
丙不修灶必见灾殃 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝
Auspicious stars

tiān ēn · sì xiāng · wáng rì · wǔ fù · bù jiàng · pǔ hù · wǔ hé · Azure Dragon · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

yóu huò · xuè zhī · guī jì

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59戊子Azure DragonTravel · Taking up a post · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Thanksgiving to the gods
01:00–02:59己丑Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
03:00–04:59庚寅Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
05:00–06:59辛卯Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Opening for business
07:00–08:59壬辰Golden CofferWeddings · Opening for business · Burial
09:00–10:59癸巳Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial
11:00–12:59甲午White TigerWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59乙未Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
15:00–16:59丙申Heavenly Prison
17:00–18:59丁酉Black TortoiseWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
19:00–20:59戊戌Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
21:00–22:59己亥Hooked ArrayWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
23:00–23:59庚子Controller of FatePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods

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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