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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 6 January 1929

Sunday · Epiphany

Lunar date
农历戊辰年十一月廿六
戊辰 (Wuchen) · Year of the Dragon · 乙丑 辛亥
Nayin Hairpin Gold
Solar term today
Minor Cold
Pentad · yàn běi xiāng
Next solar term · Major Cold 1929-01-20
Auspicious

Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Visiting family and friends · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Fasting and Taoist rites · Ritual bathing · Sculpting and painting deities · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Consecrating sacred images · Erecting pillars · Raising the ridge beam · Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Making beams · Drilling post holes · Felling trees · Setting up carpentry trestles · Installing doors · Placing the bed · Demolition · Raising livestock · Building livestock pens · Digging wells

Avoid

Building temples · Weddings · Travel · Breaking ground · Burial · Funeral procession

Clash
Snake · Sha direction west
Day god
Bright Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Open
Lunar mansion
Hairy Head · inauspicious
Nine star
四绿木
Fetus god
厨灶床 外东北
Directions
Joy southwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos
辛不合酱主人不尝 亥不嫁娶不利新郎
Auspicious stars

tiān ēn · yuè ēn · yīn dé · wáng rì · yì mǎ · tiān hòu · shí yáng · shēng qì · yì hòu · Bright Hall

Inauspicious stars

yuè yàn · dì huǒ · chóng rì

Hours of the day

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

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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