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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 21 December 1908

Monday · Yalda Night

Lunar date
农历戊申年十一月廿八
戊申 (Wushen) · Year of the Monkey · 甲子 庚戌
Nayin Hairpin Gold
Solar term
Major Snow
Pentad · lì tǐng chū
Next solar term · Winter Solstice 1908-12-22
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Consecrating sacred images · Praying for blessings · Cleansing and exorcism · Making beams · Breaking ground · Placing the bed · Digging wells · Planting · Acquiring livestock · Breaking ground for a grave · Moving a coffin

Avoid

Weddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Roofing · Encoffining · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Burial

Clash
Dragon · Sha direction north
Day god
Heavenly Punishment · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Open
Lunar mansion
Heart · inauspicious
Nine star
五黄土
Fetus god
碓磨栖 外东北
Directions
Joy northwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos
庚不经络织机虚张 戌不吃犬作怪上床
Folk taboo days
Four Separations (eve of equinox or solstice)
Auspicious stars

tiān ēn · shí yáng · shēng qì

Inauspicious stars

wǔ xū · jiǔ kōng · wǎng wáng · Heavenly Punishment

Hours of the day

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

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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