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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 18 January 1938
Tuesday
Lunar date
农历丁丑年十二月十七
丁丑 (Dingchou) · Year of the Ox · 癸丑 庚戌
Nayin Hairpin Gold
Solar term
Minor Cold
Pentad · zhì shǐ gòu
Next solar term · Major Cold 1938-01-21
Auspicious
Weddings · Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Exchanging names (betrothal rite) · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Coming-of-age ceremony · Cutting cloth for garments · Visiting family and friends · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Receiving wealth · Catching pests · Building a stove
Avoid
Opening for business · Placing the bed · Burial · Repairing tombs
- Clash
- Dragon · Sha direction north
- Day god
- Azure Dragon · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Receive
- Lunar mansion
- Encampment · auspicious
- Nine star
- 二黑土
- Fetus god
- 碓磨栖 外东北
- Directions
- Joy northwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 庚不经络织机虚张 戌不吃犬作怪上床
Auspicious stars
Heavenly Virtue · yuè dé · tiān ēn · shèng xīn · Azure Dragon
Inauspicious stars
tiān gāng · yuè xíng · wǔ xū
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 丙子 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 01:00–02:59 | 丁丑 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings |
| 03:00–04:59 | 戊寅 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed |
| 05:00–06:59 | 己卯 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed |
| 07:00–08:59 | 庚辰 | Azure Dragon | |
| 09:00–10:59 | 辛巳 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 11:00–12:59 | 壬午 | Heavenly Punishment | Thanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth |
| 13:00–14:59 | 癸未 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Burial · Building and repairs · Thanksgiving to the gods |
| 15:00–16:59 | 甲申 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Opening for business · Taking up a post |
| 17:00–18:59 | 乙酉 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 19:00–20:59 | 丙戌 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 21:00–22:59 | 丁亥 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 23:00–23:59 | 戊子 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading |
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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