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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 9 February 1940

Friday

Lunar date
农历庚辰年正月初二
庚辰 (Gengchen) · Year of the Dragon · 戊寅 壬午
Nayin Willow Wood
Solar term
Start of Spring
Pentad · dōng fēng jiě dòng
Next solar term · Rain Water 1940-02-20
Auspicious

Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Fasting and Taoist rites · Betrothal gifts · Weddings · Felling trees · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Building temples · Installing machinery · Opening for business · Encoffining · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Moving a coffin · Burial · Breaking ground for a grave · Thanking the Earth God

Avoid

Buying property · Roofing · Closing the roof ridge · Consecrating sacred images · Visiting the sick · Installing doors · Building a stove

Clash
Rat · Sha direction north
Day god
White Tiger · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Stable
Lunar mansion
Ox · inauspicious
Nine star
一白水
Fetus god
仓库碓 外西北
Directions
Joy south · Wealth south · Fortune northwest
Peng Zu's taboos
壬不泱水更难提防 午不苫盖屋主更张
Auspicious stars

tiān dé hé · yuè kōng · tiān ēn · shí dé · mín rì · sān hé · lín rì · tiān mǎ · shí yīn · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

sǐ qì · White Tiger

Hours of the day

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

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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