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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 17 May 1916
Wednesday
Lunar date
农历丙辰年四月十六
丙辰 (Bingchen) · Year of the Dragon · 癸巳 甲寅
Nayin Water of the Great Stream
Solar term
Start of Summer
Pentad · wáng guā shēng
Next solar term · Grain Buds 1916-05-21
Auspicious
Planting · Catching pests · Hunting · Avoid everything else
Avoid
Opening for business · Breaking ground · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Fasting and Taoist rites · Burial · Visiting the sick
- Clash
- Monkey · Sha direction north
- Day god
- Heavenly Prison · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Receive
- Lunar mansion
- Three Stars · auspicious
- Nine star
- 九紫火
- Fetus god
- 占门炉 外东北
- Directions
- Joy northeast · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 甲不开仓财物耗散 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝
Auspicious stars
yuè kōng · mǔ cāng · jìng ān · wǔ hé · míng fèi duì
Inauspicious stars
tiān gāng · jié shà · yuè hài · tǔ fú · bā zhuān · Heavenly Prison
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 甲子 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings |
| 01:00–02:59 | 乙丑 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 03:00–04:59 | 丙寅 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post |
| 05:00–06:59 | 丁卯 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading |
| 07:00–08:59 | 戊辰 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Opening for business · Taking up a post |
| 09:00–10:59 | 己巳 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Moving house · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 11:00–12:59 | 庚午 | White Tiger | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 13:00–14:59 | 辛未 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 15:00–16:59 | 壬申 | Heavenly Prison | |
| 17:00–18:59 | 癸酉 | Black Tortoise | Thanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth |
| 19:00–20:59 | 甲戌 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 21:00–22:59 | 乙亥 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 23:00–23:59 | 丙子 | Controller of Fate | Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove |
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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