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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 January 1918
Sunday · Laba Festival
Lunar date
农历丁巳年十二月初八
丁巳 (Dingsi) · Year of the Snake · 癸丑 丁卯
Nayin Fire in the Furnace
Solar term
Minor Cold
Pentad · zhì shǐ gòu
Next solar term · Major Cold 1918-01-21
Auspicious
Travel · Weddings · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Encoffining · Placing the bed · Opening a grave for reburial · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Cutting cloth for garments · Visiting family and friends · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
Avoid
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- Clash
- Rooster · Sha direction west
- Day god
- Heavenly Virtue · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Full
- Lunar mansion
- Hairy Head · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 四绿木
- Fetus god
- 仓库门 外正南
- Directions
- Joy south · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 丁不剃头头必生疮 卯不穿井水泉不香
Auspicious stars
tiān ēn · mín rì · tiān wū · fú dé · tiān cāng · bù jiàng · Golden Coffer · wǔ hé · bǎo guāng · míng fèi duì
Inauspicious stars
zāi shà · tiān huǒ
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 庚子 | Controller of Fate | Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods |
| 01:00–02:59 | 辛丑 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Moving house · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 03:00–04:59 | 壬寅 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed |
| 05:00–06:59 | 癸卯 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 07:00–08:59 | 甲辰 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings |
| 09:00–10:59 | 乙巳 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading |
| 11:00–12:59 | 丙午 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 13:00–14:59 | 丁未 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 15:00–16:59 | 戊申 | White Tiger | Moving into a new home · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs |
| 17:00–18:59 | 己酉 | Jade Hall | |
| 19:00–20:59 | 庚戌 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 21:00–22:59 | 辛亥 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 23:00–23:59 | 壬子 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed |
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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