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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 May 1934

Sunday · Pentecost · Shavuot

Lunar date
农历甲戌年四月初八
甲戌 (Jiaxu) · Year of the Dog · 己巳 辛卯
Nayin Pine and Cypress Wood
Solar term
Start of Summer
Pentad · wáng guā shēng
Next solar term · Grain Buds 1934-05-22
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Consecrating sacred images · Travel · Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Planting · Placing the bed · Acquiring livestock · Moving house · Laying foundations · Breaking ground · Setting column bases · Building a granary · Buying property · Breaking ground for a grave · Opening a grave for reburial · Repairing tombs

Avoid

Moving into a new home · Building and repairs · Installing doors · Felling trees · Encoffining · Burial · Roofing

Clash
Rooster · Sha direction west
Day god
Black Tortoise · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Open
Lunar mansion
Hairy Head · inauspicious
Nine star
四绿木
Fetus god
厨灶门 外正北
Directions
Joy southwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos
辛不合酱主人不尝 卯不穿井水泉不香
Auspicious stars

Heavenly Virtue · mǔ cāng · yīn dé · shí yīn · shēng qì · pǔ hù · wǔ hé · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

zāi shà · tiān huǒ · yuán wǔ

Hours of the day

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