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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 2 January 1888
Monday
Weddings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Consecrating sacred images · Travel · Cleansing and exorcism · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Acquiring livestock · Encoffining · Breaking ground for a grave · Repairing tombs · Erecting a tombstone
Felling trees · Making beams · Breaking ground · Placing the bed · Planting · Building bridges
- Clash
- Tiger · Sha direction south
- Day god
- Azure Dragon · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Success
- Lunar mansion
- Net · auspicious
- Nine star
- 九紫火
- Fetus god
- 仓库炉 外西南
- Directions
- Joy south · Wealth south · Fortune northwest
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 壬不泱水更难提防 申不安床鬼祟入房
yuè dé · mǔ cāng · sān hé · tiān xǐ · tiān yī · yù yǔ · chú shén · Azure Dragon · míng fèi
jiǔ kǎn · jiǔ jiāo · tǔ fú · dà shà · wǔ lí
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 庚子 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 01:00–02:59 | 辛丑 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post |
| 03:00–04:59 | 壬寅 | Heavenly Punishment | |
| 05:00–06:59 | 癸卯 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Burial · Building and repairs · Thanksgiving to the gods |
| 07:00–08:59 | 甲辰 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 09:00–10:59 | 乙巳 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 11:00–12:59 | 丙午 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 13:00–14:59 | 丁未 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post |
| 15:00–16:59 | 戊申 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 17:00–18:59 | 己酉 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 19:00–20:59 | 庚戌 | Controller of Fate | Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods |
| 21:00–22:59 | 辛亥 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial |
| 23:00–23:59 | 壬子 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Moving into a new home · 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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