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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 8 May 1896
Friday
Lunar date
农历丙申年三月廿六
丙申 (Bingshen) · Year of the Monkey · 癸巳 辛酉
Nayin Pomegranate Wood
Solar term
Start of Summer
Pentad · lóu guō míng
Next solar term · Grain Buds 1896-05-20
Auspicious
Weddings · Betrothal gifts · Travel · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Opening for business · Breaking ground · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial
Avoid
Installing doors
- Clash
- Rabbit · Sha direction east
- Day god
- Vermilion Bird · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Stable
- Lunar mansion
- Bond · auspicious
- Nine star
- 一白水
- Fetus god
- 厨灶门 外东南
- Directions
- Joy southwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 辛不合酱主人不尝 酉不会客醉坐颠狂
Auspicious stars
Heavenly Virtue · mín rì · sān hé · shí yīn · yào ān · chú shén · míng fèi
Inauspicious stars
sǐ qì · wǔ lí · Vermilion Bird
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 戊子 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 01:00–02:59 | 己丑 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 03:00–04:59 | 庚寅 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 05:00–06:59 | 辛卯 | Bright Hall | |
| 07:00–08:59 | 壬辰 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 09:00–10:59 | 癸巳 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed |
| 11:00–12:59 | 甲午 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 13:00–14:59 | 乙未 | Heavenly Virtue | Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove |
| 15:00–16:59 | 丙申 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 17:00–18:59 | 丁酉 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings |
| 19:00–20:59 | 戊戌 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) |
| 21:00–22:59 | 己亥 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Burial |
| 23:00–23:59 | 庚子 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
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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