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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 18 March 1886

Thursday

Lunar date
农历丙戌年二月十三
丙戌 (Bingxu) · Year of the Dog · 辛卯 丁丑
Nayin Water in the Ravine
Solar term
Awakening of Insects
Pentad · yīng huà wèi jiū
Next solar term · Spring Equinox 1886-03-21
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Praying for blessings · Sculpting and painting deities · Fasting and Taoist rites · Ritual bathing · Demolition · Laying foundations · Moving into a new home · Installing the household altar · Building temples · Moving a coffin · Thanking the Earth God · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Starting school · Learning a craft · Travel · Erecting pillars · Raising the ridge beam · Digging wells · Praying for children · Cleansing and exorcism · Felling trees

Avoid

Building a stove · Burial · Opening for business · Roofing

Clash
Goat · Sha direction east
Day god
Hooked Array · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Open
Lunar mansion
Dipper · auspicious
Nine star
二黑土
Fetus god
仓库厕 外正西
Directions
Joy south · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos
丁不剃头头必生疮 丑不冠带主不还乡
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars

yuè ēn · sì xiāng · shí yáng · shēng qì · bù jiàng · jìng ān

Inauspicious stars

wǔ xū · bā fēng · jiǔ kōng · jiǔ kǎn · jiǔ jiāo · Hooked Array

Hours of the day

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