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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 12 April 1939

Wednesday

Lunar date
农历己卯年二月廿三
己卯 (Jimao) · Year of the Rabbit · 戊辰 己卯
Nayin Earth on the City Wall
Solar term
Pure Brightness
Pentad · tián shǔ huà wèi rú
Next solar term · Grain Rain 1939-04-21
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Fasting and Taoist rites · Coming-of-age ceremony · Building a stove · Receiving wealth · Trading

Avoid

Consecrating sacred images · Weddings · Digging wells · Burial · Installing doors · Visiting the sick

Clash
Rooster · Sha direction west
Day god
Hooked Array · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Close
Lunar mansion
Wall · auspicious
Nine star
一白水
Fetus god
占大门 外正西
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth north · Fortune south
Peng Zu's taboos
己不破券二比并亡 卯不穿井水泉不香
Folk taboo days
Monthly taboo day
Auspicious stars

tiān ēn · guān rì · yào ān · wǔ hé

Inauspicious stars

yuè hài · tiān lì · zhì sǐ · xuè zhī · Hooked Array

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59甲子Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
01:00–02:59乙丑Hooked ArrayWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
03:00–04:59丙寅Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
05:00–06:59丁卯Bright HallMoving into a new home · Burial · Building and repairs
07:00–08:59戊辰Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
09:00–10:59己巳Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
11:00–12:59庚午Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Opening for business · Taking up a post
13:00–14:59辛未Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
15:00–16:59壬申White TigerWeddings · Burial · Praying for children
17:00–18:59癸酉Jade Hall
19:00–20:59甲戌Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
21:00–22:59乙亥Black TortoiseWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
23:00–23:59丙子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · 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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