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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 17 November 1938
Thursday
Lunar date
农历戊寅年九月廿六
戊寅 (Wuyin) · Year of the Tiger · 癸亥 癸丑
Nayin Mulberry Wood
Solar term
Start of Winter
Pentad · dì shǐ dòng
Next solar term · Minor Snow 1938-11-23
Auspicious
Sculpting and painting deities · Visiting family and friends · Installing machinery · Blocking holes against pests · Making nets · Cutting cloth for garments · Setting up the loom
Avoid
Weddings · Opening for business · Praying for blessings · Fasting and Taoist rites · Burial
- Clash
- Goat · Sha direction east
- Day god
- Jade Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Full
- Lunar mansion
- Dipper · auspicious
- Nine star
- 二黑土
- Fetus god
- 房床厕 外东北
- Directions
- Joy southeast · Wealth south · Fortune west
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 癸不词讼理弱敌强 丑不冠带主不还乡
Auspicious stars
tiān ēn · shǒu rì · tiān wū · fú dé · yù yǔ · Jade Hall
Inauspicious stars
yuè yàn · dì huǒ · jiǔ kōng · dà shà · guī jì · bā zhuān · chù shuǐ lóng · liǎo lì · yīn cuò
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 壬子 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 01:00–02:59 | 癸丑 | Vermilion Bird | |
| 03:00–04:59 | 甲寅 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Opening for business · Burial |
| 05:00–06:59 | 乙卯 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings |
| 07:00–08:59 | 丙辰 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 09:00–10:59 | 丁巳 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading |
| 11:00–12:59 | 戊午 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Opening for business · Burial · Seeking wealth |
| 13:00–14:59 | 己未 | Black Tortoise | |
| 15:00–16:59 | 庚申 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post |
| 17:00–18:59 | 辛酉 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Roofing |
| 19:00–20:59 | 壬戌 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed |
| 21:00–22:59 | 癸亥 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 23:00–23:59 | 甲子 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings |
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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