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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 June 1890

Friday

Lunar date
农历庚寅年五月初四
庚寅 (Gengyin) · Year of the Tiger · 壬午 壬申
Nayin Gold of the Sword Edge
Solar term
Grain in Ear
Pentad · fǎn shé wú shēng
Next solar term · Summer Solstice 1890-06-21
Auspicious

Installing machinery · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Ritual bathing · Cleansing and exorcism · Betrothal gifts · Opening for business · Building and repairs · Erecting pillars · Raising the ridge beam · Drilling post holes · Installing mortars and millstones · Returning home · Repairing walls · Blocking holes against pests · Demolition · Draining water · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Cleaning the house · Preparing one's own tomb · Making a coffin in advance · Burial · Thanking the Earth God · Opening a grave for reburial · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes

Avoid

Weddings · Placing the bed · Building a stove · Breaking ground · Breaking ground for a grave · Building boats

Clash
Tiger · Sha direction south
Day god
Azure Dragon · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Full
Lunar mansion
Ghost · inauspicious
Nine star
一白水
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
Folk taboo days
Four Separations (eve of equinox or solstice)
Auspicious stars

yuè kōng · xiàng rì · yì mǎ · tiān hòu · tiān wū · fú dé · chú shén · Azure Dragon · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

wǔ xū · wǔ lí

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59庚子Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
01:00–02:59辛丑Bright HallWeddings · 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 BirdWeddings · Burial · Building and repairs · Thanksgiving to the gods
07:00–08:59甲辰Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59乙巳Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
11:00–12:59丙午White TigerWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59丁未Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
15:00–16:59戊申Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
17:00–18:59己酉Black TortoiseWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
19:00–20:59庚戌Controller of FatePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods
21:00–22:59辛亥Hooked ArrayWeddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial
23:00–23:59壬子Controller of FateWeddings · 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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