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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 21 December 1928

Friday · Yalda Night

Lunar date
农历戊辰年十一月初十
戊辰 (Wuchen) · Year of the Dragon · 甲子 乙未
Nayin Gold in the Sand
Solar term
Major Snow
Pentad · lì tǐng chū
Next solar term · Winter Solstice 1928-12-22
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Fasting and Taoist rites · Travel · Coming-of-age ceremony · Installing machinery · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Installing the household altar · Placing the bed · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Moving a coffin · Opening a grave for reburial

Avoid

Consecrating sacred images · Planting · Medical treatment · Installing doors · Building a stove

Clash
Ox · Sha direction west
Day god
Hooked Array · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Danger
Lunar mansion
Neck · inauspicious
Nine star
二黑土
Fetus god
碓磨厕 房内北
Directions
Joy northwest · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos
乙不栽植千株不长 未不服药毒气入肠
Folk taboo days
Four Separations (eve of equinox or solstice)
Auspicious stars

sì xiāng · yào ān

Inauspicious stars

yuè shà · yuè xū · yuè hài · sì jī · Hooked Array

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59丙子Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
01:00–02:59丁丑Vermilion Bird
03:00–04:59戊寅Golden CofferWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
05:00–06:59己卯Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
07:00–08:59庚辰White Tiger
09:00–10:59辛巳Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
11:00–12:59壬午Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59癸未Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
15:00–16:59甲申Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Praying for children · Seeking wealth
17:00–18:59乙酉Hooked Array
19:00–20:59丙戌Azure DragonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
21:00–22:59丁亥Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
23:00–23:59戊子Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business

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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