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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 6 May 1917

Sunday

Lunar date
农历丁巳年三月十六
丁巳 (Dingsi) · Year of the Snake · 乙巳 戊申
Nayin Earth of the Highway
Solar term today
Start of Summer
Pentad · lóu guō míng
Next solar term · Grain Buds 1917-05-21
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Ritual bathing · Moving house · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial · Cleaning the house · Repairing roads

Avoid

Praying for blessings · Weddings · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed · Building a stove

Clash
Tiger · Sha direction south
Day god
Heavenly Punishment · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Balance
Lunar mansion
Emptiness · inauspicious
Nine star
三碧木
Fetus god
房床炉 房内中
Directions
Joy southeast · Wealth north · Fortune north
Peng Zu's taboos
戊不受田田主不祥 申不安床鬼祟入房
Auspicious stars

sì xiāng · xiàng rì · liù hé · wǔ fù · bù jiàng · xù shì · chú shén

Inauspicious stars

hé kuí · sǐ shén · yuè xíng · yóu huò · wǔ xū · xuè jì · wǔ lí · Heavenly Punishment

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59壬子Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
01:00–02:59癸丑Bright HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
03:00–04:59甲寅Heavenly Punishment
05:00–06:59乙卯Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
07:00–08:59丙辰Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59丁巳Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Moving house · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
11:00–12:59戊午White TigerWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
13:00–14:59己未Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
15:00–16:59庚申Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
17:00–18:59辛酉Black Tortoise
19:00–20:59壬戌Controller of FateBuilding and repairs · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods
21:00–22:59癸亥Hooked ArrayWeddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Building and repairs
23:00–23:59甲子Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings

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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