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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 13 February 1940
Tuesday
Lunar date
农历庚辰年正月初六
庚辰 (Gengchen) · Year of the Dragon · 戊寅 丙戌
Nayin Earth on the Roof
Solar term
Start of Spring
Pentad · zhé chóng shǐ zhèn
Next solar term · Rain Water 1940-02-20
Auspicious
Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Making nets · Encoffining · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Moving a coffin · Burial · Breaking ground for a grave
Avoid
Avoid everything else
- Clash
- Dragon · Sha direction north
- Day god
- Controller of Fate · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Success
- Lunar mansion
- Encampment · auspicious
- Nine star
- 五黄土
- Fetus god
- 厨灶栖 外西北
- Directions
- Joy southwest · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 丙不修灶必见灾殃 戌不吃犬作怪上床
Auspicious stars
yuè dé · tiān ēn · sì xiāng · yáng dé · sān hé · tiān xǐ · tiān yī · Controller of Fate
Inauspicious stars
yuè yàn · dì huǒ · sì jī · dà shà
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 戊子 | Heavenly Prison | Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Thanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth |
| 01:00–02:59 | 己丑 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Building and repairs |
| 03:00–04:59 | 庚寅 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 05:00–06:59 | 辛卯 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings |
| 07:00–08:59 | 壬辰 | Azure Dragon | |
| 09:00–10:59 | 癸巳 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 11:00–12:59 | 甲午 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 13:00–14:59 | 乙未 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) |
| 15:00–16:59 | 丙申 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 17:00–18:59 | 丁酉 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Burial |
| 19:00–20:59 | 戊戌 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings |
| 21:00–22:59 | 己亥 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 23:00–23:59 | 庚子 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · 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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