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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 26 December 1938

Monday

Lunar date
农历戊寅年十一月初五
戊寅 (Wuyin) · Year of the Tiger · 甲子 壬辰
Nayin Long-Flowing Water
Solar term
Winter Solstice
Pentad · qiū yǐn jié
Next solar term · Minor Cold 1939-01-06
Auspicious

Sculpting and painting deities · Consecrating sacred images · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Cutting cloth for garments · Coming-of-age ceremony · Demolition · Building and repairs · Placing the bed · Moving into a new home · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Burial · Thanking the Earth God · Taking up a post

Avoid

Digging wells · Felling trees · Fasting and Taoist rites · Building a stove

Clash
Dog · Sha direction south
Day god
Heavenly Prison · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Stable
Lunar mansion
Net · auspicious
Nine star
二黑土
Fetus god
仓库栖 外正北
Directions
Joy south · Wealth south · Fortune northwest
Peng Zu's taboos
壬不泱水更难提防 辰不哭泣必主重丧
Folk taboo days
Monthly taboo day
Auspicious stars

yuè dé · sān hé · lín rì · shí yīn · tiān cāng · bù jiàng · shèng xīn

Inauspicious stars

sǐ qì · wǔ mù · Heavenly Prison

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59庚子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
01:00–02:59辛丑Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Praying for blessings · Burial
03:00–04:59壬寅Controller of FateWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Burial
05:00–06:59癸卯Hooked ArrayWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
07:00–08:59甲辰Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
09:00–10:59乙巳Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
11:00–12:59丙午Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59丁未Vermilion BirdWeddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
15:00–16:59戊申Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59己酉Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
19:00–20:59庚戌White Tiger
21:00–22:59辛亥Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59壬子White TigerWeddings · Burial · Praying for children · Seeking wealth

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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