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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 March 1916
Monday
Lunar date
农历丙辰年二月十七
丙辰 (Bingchen) · Year of the Dragon · 辛卯 丙辰
Nayin Earth in the Sand
Solar term
Awakening of Insects
Pentad · yīng huà wèi jiū
Next solar term · Spring Equinox 1916-03-21
Auspicious
Cleaning the house · Blocking holes against pests · Avoid everything else
Avoid
Nothing is favourable
- Clash
- Dog · Sha direction south
- Day god
- Heavenly Punishment · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Remove
- Lunar mansion
- Net · auspicious
- Nine star
- 五黄土
- Fetus god
- 厨灶栖 外正东
- Directions
- Joy southwest · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 丙不修灶必见灾殃 辰不哭泣必主重丧
- Folk taboo days
- Four Separations (eve of equinox or solstice)
Auspicious stars
sì xiāng · shǒu rì · jí qī
Inauspicious stars
yuè hài · Heavenly Punishment
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 戊子 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed |
| 01:00–02:59 | 己丑 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) |
| 03:00–04:59 | 庚寅 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading |
| 05:00–06:59 | 辛卯 | Hooked Array | |
| 07:00–08:59 | 壬辰 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed |
| 09:00–10:59 | 癸巳 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 11:00–12:59 | 甲午 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading |
| 13:00–14:59 | 乙未 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post |
| 15:00–16:59 | 丙申 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 17:00–18:59 | 丁酉 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 19:00–20:59 | 戊戌 | White Tiger | |
| 21:00–22:59 | 己亥 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 23:00–23:59 | 庚子 | White Tiger | Weddings · Moving house · Opening for business · Burial |
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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