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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 17 November 1888

Saturday

Lunar date
农历戊子年十月十四
戊子 (Wuzi) · Year of the Rat · 癸亥 壬辰
Nayin Long-Flowing Water
Solar term
Start of Winter
Pentad · zhì rù dà shuǐ wèi shèn
Next solar term · Minor Snow 1888-11-22
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Haircut · Acupuncture and moxibustion · Cleansing and exorcism · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Trimming nails

Avoid

Weddings · Breaking ground · Building boats · Digging ponds · Digging wells · Travel · Building and repairs · Moving into a new home · Raising the ridge beam · Moving house · Burial · Breaking ground for a grave · Building a stove · Opening for business

Clash
Dog · Sha direction south
Day god
Controller of Fate · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Initiate
Lunar mansion
Root · inauspicious
Nine star
五黄土
Fetus god
仓库栖 外正北
Directions
Joy south · Wealth south · Fortune northwest
Peng Zu's taboos
壬不泱水更难提防 辰不哭泣必主重丧
Folk taboo days
Monthly taboo day
Auspicious stars

yáng dé · bù jiàng · jiě shén · Controller of Fate

Inauspicious stars

xiǎo hào · tiān zéi · wǔ mù · tǔ fú · fù rì

Hours of the day

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