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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 17 April 1924

Thursday

Lunar date
农历甲子年三月十四
甲子 (Jiazi) · Year of the Rat · 戊辰 丙寅
Nayin Fire in the Furnace
Solar term
Pure Brightness
Pentad · hóng shǐ jiàn
Next solar term · Grain Rain 1924-04-20
Auspicious

Installing the household altar · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Weddings · Opening for business · Signing contracts · Trading · Hanging a signboard · Consecrating sacred images · Travel · Cleansing and exorcism · Placing the bed · Planting · Buying property · Demolition · Building and repairs · Breaking ground

Avoid

Building a stove · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Encoffining

Clash
Monkey · Sha direction north
Day god
Controller of Fate · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Open
Lunar mansion
Horn · auspicious
Nine star
六白金
Fetus god
厨灶炉 外正南
Directions
Joy southwest · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos
丙不修灶必见灾殃 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝
Folk taboo days
Monthly taboo day
Auspicious stars

yuè kōng · tiān ēn · sì xiāng · yáng dé · wáng rì · yì mǎ · tiān hòu · shí yáng · shēng qì · liù yí · xù shì · wǔ hé · Controller of Fate · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

yàn duì · zhāo yáo · xuè jì

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59戊子Azure DragonTravel · Taking up a post · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Thanksgiving to the gods
01:00–02:59己丑Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
03:00–04:59庚寅Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
05:00–06:59辛卯Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Opening for business
07:00–08:59壬辰Golden CofferWeddings · Opening for business · Burial
09:00–10:59癸巳Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial
11:00–12:59甲午White TigerWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59乙未Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
15:00–16:59丙申Heavenly Prison
17:00–18:59丁酉Black TortoiseWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
19:00–20:59戊戌Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
21:00–22:59己亥Hooked ArrayWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
23:00–23:59庚子Controller of FatePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods

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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