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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 21 April 1940
Sunday
Lunar date
农历庚辰年三月十四
庚辰 (Gengchen) · Year of the Dragon · 庚辰 甲午
Nayin Gold in the Sand
Solar term
Grain Rain
Pentad · píng shǐ shēng
Next solar term · Start of Summer 1940-05-06
Auspicious
Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Visiting family and friends · Opening for business · Placing the bed · Opening a grave for reburial · Burial
Avoid
Weddings · Breaking ground · Breaking ground for a grave
- Clash
- Rat · Sha direction north
- Day god
- Heavenly Punishment · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Full
- Lunar mansion
- Star · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 一白水
- Fetus god
- 占门碓 房内北
- Directions
- Joy northeast · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 甲不开仓财物耗散 午不苫盖屋主更张
- Folk taboo days
- Monthly taboo day
Auspicious stars
shí dé · mín rì · tiān wū · fú dé · míng fèi
Inauspicious stars
zāi shà · tiān huǒ · dà shà · Heavenly Punishment
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 甲子 | Golden Coffer | |
| 01:00–02:59 | 乙丑 | Heavenly Virtue | Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove |
| 03:00–04:59 | 丙寅 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 05:00–06:59 | 丁卯 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading |
| 07:00–08:59 | 戊辰 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Fasting and Taoist rites |
| 09:00–10:59 | 己巳 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Burial |
| 11:00–12:59 | 庚午 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 13:00–14:59 | 辛未 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Praying for children |
| 15:00–16:59 | 壬申 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 17:00–18:59 | 癸酉 | Bright Hall | Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Placing the bed |
| 19:00–20:59 | 甲戌 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 21:00–22:59 | 乙亥 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading |
| 23:00–23:59 | 丙子 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · 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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