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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 February 1916

Sunday

Lunar date
农历丙辰年正月十八
丙辰 (Bingchen) · Year of the Dragon · 庚寅 丁亥
Nayin Earth on the Roof
Solar term today
Rain Water
Pentad · tǎ jì yú
Next solar term · Awakening of Insects 1916-03-06
Auspicious

Sculpting and painting deities · Consecrating sacred images · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Cutting cloth for garments · Coming-of-age ceremony · Demolition · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Laying foundations · Installing doors · Placing the bed · Moving house · Building a granary · Making nets · Acquiring livestock

Avoid

Felling trees · Building a stove · Burial · Fishing · Moving into a new home

Clash
Snake · Sha direction west
Day god
Hooked Array · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Receive
Lunar mansion
Hairy Head · inauspicious
Nine star
三碧木
Fetus god
仓库床 外西北
Directions
Joy south · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos
丁不剃头头必生疮 亥不嫁娶不利新郎
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars

Heavenly Virtue · mǔ cāng · sì xiāng · liù hé · wǔ fù · bù jiàng · shèng xīn

Inauspicious stars

hé kuí · jié shà · chóng rì · Hooked Array

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59庚子White TigerWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Opening for business
01:00–02:59辛丑Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
03:00–04:59壬寅Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Burial · Building and repairs · Closing the roof ridge
05:00–06:59癸卯Black TortoiseWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
07:00–08:59甲辰Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
09:00–10:59乙巳Hooked Array
11:00–12:59丙午Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
13:00–14:59丁未Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home
15:00–16:59戊申Heavenly PunishmentMoving into a new home · Burial · Building and repairs
17:00–18:59己酉Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
19:00–20:59庚戌Golden CofferWeddings · Opening for business · Burial
21:00–22:59辛亥Heavenly VirtuePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Thanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth
23:00–23:59壬子Golden CofferWeddings · Opening for business · Burial · Seeking wealth

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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