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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 2 May 1897
Sunday
Lunar date
农历丁酉年四月初一
丁酉 (Dingyou) · Year of the Rooster · 甲辰 庚申
Nayin Pomegranate Wood
Solar term
Grain Rain
Pentad · dài shèng jiàng yú sāng
Next solar term · Start of Summer 1897-05-05
Auspicious
Ritual bathing · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Cleansing and exorcism · Burial · Breaking ground for a grave · Thanking the Earth God · Moving a coffin · Avoid everything else
Avoid
Fasting and Taoist rites · Consecrating sacred images · Weddings · Moving into a new home · Raising the ridge beam
- Clash
- Tiger · Sha direction south
- Day god
- Golden Coffer · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Stable
- Lunar mansion
- Emptiness · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 九紫火
- Fetus god
- 碓磨炉 外东南
- Directions
- Joy northwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 庚不经络织机虚张 申不安床鬼祟入房
Auspicious stars
yuè ēn · sān hé · lín rì · shí yīn · jìng ān · chú shén · Golden Coffer · míng fèi
Inauspicious stars
yuè yàn · dì huǒ · sǐ qì · sì fèi · wǎng wáng · wǔ lí · bā zhuān · gū chén · yīn cuò
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 丙子 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 01:00–02:59 | 丁丑 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings |
| 03:00–04:59 | 戊寅 | Heavenly Punishment | |
| 05:00–06:59 | 己卯 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 07:00–08:59 | 庚辰 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 09:00–10:59 | 辛巳 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 11:00–12:59 | 壬午 | White Tiger | Thanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth |
| 13:00–14:59 | 癸未 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 15:00–16:59 | 甲申 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial |
| 17:00–18:59 | 乙酉 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 19:00–20:59 | 丙戌 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 21:00–22:59 | 丁亥 | Hooked Array | Moving into a new home · Burial · Building and repairs |
| 23:00–23:59 | 戊子 | Controller of Fate | 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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