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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 16 January 1887

Sunday · Little New Year (Xiaonian)

Lunar date
农历丙戌年十二月廿三
丙戌 (Bingxu) · Year of the Dog · 辛丑 辛巳
Nayin White Wax Gold
Solar term
Minor Cold
Pentad · zhì shǐ gòu
Next solar term · Major Cold 1887-01-20
Auspicious

Weddings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Breaking ground · Visiting family and friends · Laying foundations · Building a granary · Acquiring livestock · Raising livestock · Building a privy · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)

Avoid

Digging wells · Burial · Planting · Travel · Building a stove · Opening for business · Moving into a new home · Installing doors

Clash
Pig · Sha direction east
Day god
Jade Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Stable
Lunar mansion
Room · auspicious
Nine star
九紫火
Fetus god
厨灶床 外正西
Directions
Joy southwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos
辛不合酱主人不尝 巳不远行财物伏藏
Folk taboo days
Monthly taboo day
Auspicious stars

tiān ēn · yuè ēn · sān hé · shí yīn · liù yí · Jade Hall

Inauspicious stars

yàn duì · zhāo yáo · sǐ qì · jiǔ kǎn · jiǔ jiāo · chóng rì

Hours of the day

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

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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