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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 22 December 1896

Tuesday

Lunar date
农历丙申年十一月十八
丙申 (Bingshen) · Year of the Monkey · 庚子 己酉
Nayin Earth of the Highway
Solar term
Winter Solstice
Pentad · qiū yǐn jié
Next solar term · Minor Cold 1897-01-05
Auspicious

Ritual bathing · Haircut · Cleaning the house

Avoid

Felling trees · Acquiring livestock · Raising the ridge beam · Moving into a new home · Building a stove · Building livestock pens · Weddings · Burial · Making beams · Building boats · Installing doors

Clash
Rabbit · Sha direction east
Day god
Bright Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Receive
Lunar mansion
Turtle Beak · inauspicious
Nine star
六白金
Fetus god
占大门 外东北
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth north · Fortune south
Peng Zu's taboos
己不破券二比并亡 酉不会客醉坐颠狂
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars

tiān ēn · mǔ cāng · jīn táng · chú shén · Bright Hall · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

hé kuí · dà shí · dà bài · xián chí · wǔ lí

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59甲子Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
01:00–02:59乙丑Hooked ArrayWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
03:00–04:59丙寅Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
05:00–06:59丁卯Bright Hall
07:00–08:59戊辰Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59己巳Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
11:00–12:59庚午Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Opening for business · Taking up a post
13:00–14:59辛未Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
15:00–16:59壬申White TigerWeddings · Travel · Burial · Building and repairs
17:00–18:59癸酉Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59甲戌Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
21:00–22:59乙亥Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
23:00–23:59丙子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings

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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