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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 12 January 1939
Thursday
Lunar date
农历戊寅年十一月廿二
戊寅 (Wuyin) · Year of the Tiger · 乙丑 己酉
Nayin Earth of the Highway
Solar term
Minor Cold
Pentad · què shǐ cháo
Next solar term · Major Cold 1939-01-21
Auspicious
Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Ritual bathing · Repairing walls · Blocking holes against pests · Exterminating termites · Cleansing and exorcism · Avoid everything else
Avoid
Building temples · Moving into a new home · Building and repairs · Burial · Funeral procession · Weddings
- Clash
- Rabbit · Sha direction east
- Day god
- Hooked Array · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Success
- Lunar mansion
- Dipper · auspicious
- Nine star
- 一白水
- Fetus god
- 占大门 外东北
- Directions
- Joy northeast · Wealth north · Fortune south
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 己不破券二比并亡 酉不会客醉坐颠狂
- Folk taboo days
- Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars
tiān ēn · mǔ cāng · sān hé · lín rì · tiān xǐ · tiān yī · chú shén · míng fèi
Inauspicious stars
dà shà · fù rì · wǔ lí · Hooked Array
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 甲子 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings |
| 01:00–02:59 | 乙丑 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 03:00–04:59 | 丙寅 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 05:00–06:59 | 丁卯 | Bright Hall | |
| 07:00–08:59 | 戊辰 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 09:00–10:59 | 己巳 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 11:00–12:59 | 庚午 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Opening for business · Taking up a post |
| 13:00–14:59 | 辛未 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings |
| 15:00–16:59 | 壬申 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Burial · Building and repairs |
| 17:00–18:59 | 癸酉 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 19:00–20:59 | 甲戌 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) |
| 21:00–22:59 | 乙亥 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) |
| 23:00–23:59 | 丙子 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · 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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