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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 21 December 1937
Tuesday · Yalda Night
Lunar date
农历丁丑年十一月十九
丁丑 (Dingchou) · Year of the Ox · 壬子 壬午
Nayin Willow Wood
Solar term
Major Snow
Pentad · lì tǐng chū
Next solar term · Winter Solstice 1937-12-22
Auspicious
Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Ritual bathing · Pulling down a house · Pulling down walls · Avoid everything else
Avoid
Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Visiting the sick · Travel · Roofing
- Clash
- Rat · Sha direction north
- Day god
- Controller of Fate · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Destruction
- Lunar mansion
- Encampment · auspicious
- Nine star
- 一白水
- Fetus god
- 仓库碓 外西北
- Directions
- Joy south · Wealth south · Fortune northwest
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 壬不泱水更难提防 午不苫盖屋主更张
- Folk taboo days
- Four Separations (eve of equinox or solstice)
Auspicious stars
yuè dé · tiān ēn · yáng dé · liù yí · xù shì · jiě shén · Controller of Fate · míng fèi
Inauspicious stars
yuè pò · dà hào · zāi shà · tiān huǒ · yàn duì · zhāo yáo · wǔ xū · xuè jì
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 庚子 | Golden Coffer | |
| 01:00–02:59 | 辛丑 | Heavenly Virtue | Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods |
| 03:00–04:59 | 壬寅 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 05:00–06:59 | 癸卯 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 07:00–08:59 | 甲辰 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 09:00–10:59 | 乙巳 | Black Tortoise | Seeking wealth |
| 11:00–12:59 | 丙午 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 13:00–14:59 | 丁未 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings |
| 15:00–16:59 | 戊申 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 17:00–18:59 | 己酉 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 19:00–20:59 | 庚戌 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 21:00–22:59 | 辛亥 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings |
| 23:00–23:59 | 壬子 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · 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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