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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 13 March 1885

Friday

Lunar date
农历乙酉年正月廿七
乙酉 (Yiyou) · Year of the Rooster · 己卯 丁卯
Nayin Fire in the Furnace
Solar term
Awakening of Insects
Pentad · cāng gēng míng
Next solar term · Spring Equinox 1885-03-20
Auspicious

Praying for blessings · Consecrating sacred images · Sculpting and painting deities · Thanksgiving to the gods · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Cutting cloth for garments · Placing the bed · Opening for business · Signing contracts · Encoffining · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Moving a coffin · Opening a grave for reburial · Burial · Erecting a tombstone · Taking up a post · Visiting family and friends · Travel · Trading · Erecting pillars

Avoid

Building a stove · Digging wells · Breaking ground · Planting

Clash
Rooster · Sha direction west
Day god
Bright Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Establish
Lunar mansion
Neck · inauspicious
Nine star
一白水
Fetus god
仓库门 外正南
Directions
Joy south · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos
丁不剃头头必生疮 卯不穿井水泉不香
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars

tiān ēn · yuè ēn · sì xiāng · guān rì · liù yí · fú shēng · wǔ hé · Bright Hall · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

yuè jiàn · xiǎo shí · tǔ fǔ · yàn duì · zhāo yáo

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59庚子Controller of FatePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods
01:00–02:59辛丑Hooked ArrayWeddings · Moving house · Praying for blessings · Burial
03:00–04:59壬寅Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
05:00–06:59癸卯Bright HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
07:00–08:59甲辰Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
09:00–10:59乙巳Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
11:00–12:59丙午Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59丁未Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home
15:00–16:59戊申White TigerMoving into a new home · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs
17:00–18:59己酉Jade Hall
19:00–20:59庚戌Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
21:00–22:59辛亥Black TortoiseWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
23:00–23:59壬子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.

This day in other calendars

Gregorian calendar
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Julian calendar
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Hebrew calendar
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Japanese era calendar
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Roman calendar
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