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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 March 1940
Wednesday
Lunar date
农历庚辰年二月十二
庚辰 (Gengchen) · Year of the Dragon · 己卯 壬戌
Nayin Water of the Great Sea
Solar term
Awakening of Insects
Pentad · yīng huà wèi jiū
Next solar term · Spring Equinox 1940-03-21
Auspicious
Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Travel · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Cutting cloth for garments · Hanging bed curtains · Coming-of-age ceremony · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Breaking ground · Placing the bed · Building a stove · Encoffining · Moving a coffin · Burial · Breaking ground for a grave · Making nets · Fishing · Hunting
Avoid
Making beams · Building temples
- Clash
- Dragon · Sha direction north
- Day god
- Heavenly Prison · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Danger
- Lunar mansion
- Three Stars · auspicious
- Nine star
- 五黄土
- Fetus god
- 仓库栖 外东南
- Directions
- Joy south · Wealth south · Fortune northwest
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 壬不泱水更难提防 戌不吃犬作怪上床
- Folk taboo days
- Four Separations (eve of equinox or solstice)
Auspicious stars
liù hé · jīn táng
Inauspicious stars
yuè shà · yuè xū · sì jī · Heavenly Prison
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 庚子 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 01:00–02:59 | 辛丑 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 03:00–04:59 | 壬寅 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 05:00–06:59 | 癸卯 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed |
| 07:00–08:59 | 甲辰 | Azure Dragon | |
| 09:00–10:59 | 乙巳 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Travel · Burial · Building and repairs |
| 11:00–12:59 | 丙午 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 13:00–14:59 | 丁未 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) |
| 15:00–16:59 | 戊申 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Opening for business · Burial · Seeking wealth |
| 17:00–18:59 | 己酉 | Heavenly Virtue | Building and repairs · Building a stove |
| 19:00–20:59 | 庚戌 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 21:00–22:59 | 辛亥 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 23:00–23:59 | 壬子 | White Tiger | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial |
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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