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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 8 February 1889

Friday

Lunar date
农历己丑年正月初九
己丑 (Jichou) · Year of the Ox · 丙寅 乙卯
Nayin Water of the Great Stream
Solar term
Start of Spring
Pentad · zhé chóng shǐ zhèn
Next solar term · Rain Water 1889-02-18
Auspicious

Weddings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Consecrating sacred images · Travel · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Demolition · Breaking ground · Raising the ridge beam · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Placing the bed · Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Hanging a signboard · Encoffining · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial · Opening a grave for reburial · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes

Avoid

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Clash
Rooster · Sha direction west
Day god
Vermilion Bird · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Remove
Lunar mansion
Neck · inauspicious
Nine star
七赤金
Fetus god
碓磨门 外正东
Directions
Joy northwest · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos
乙不栽植千株不长 卯不穿井水泉不香
Auspicious stars

guān rì · jí qī · yù yǔ · wǔ hé · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

dà shí · dà bài · xián chí · Vermilion Bird

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59丙子Controller of FatePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove
01:00–02:59丁丑Hooked ArrayWeddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
03:00–04:59戊寅Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
05:00–06:59己卯Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
07:00–08:59庚辰Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
09:00–10:59辛巳Vermilion BirdWeddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Roofing
11:00–12:59壬午Golden CofferWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
13:00–14:59癸未Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
15:00–16:59甲申White TigerWeddings · Travel · Seeking wealth
17:00–18:59乙酉Jade Hall
19:00–20:59丙戌Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
21:00–22:59丁亥Black TortoiseWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
23:00–23:59戊子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.

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