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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 16 May 1947
Friday
Lunar date
农历丁亥年三月廿六
丁亥 (Dinghai) · Year of the Pig · 乙巳 乙未
Nayin Gold in the Sand
Solar term
Start of Summer
Pentad · wáng guā shēng
Next solar term · Grain Buds 1947-05-22
Auspicious
Consecrating sacred images · Betrothal gifts · Cutting cloth for garments · Coming-of-age ceremony · Placing the bed · Building a stove · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Building a granary · Blocking holes against pests
Avoid
Weddings · Planting · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Travel · Felling trees · Making beams · Burial · Thanking the Earth God
- Clash
- Ox · Sha direction west
- Day god
- Bright Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Full
- Lunar mansion
- Neck · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 八白土
- Fetus god
- 碓磨厕 房内北
- Directions
- Joy northwest · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 乙不栽植千株不长 未不服药毒气入肠
Auspicious stars
yuè dé hé · shǒu rì · tiān wū · fú dé · yì hòu · Bright Hall
Inauspicious stars
yuè yàn · dì huǒ · jiǔ kōng · jiǔ kǎn · jiǔ jiāo · dà shà · xíng hěn
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 丙子 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 01:00–02:59 | 丁丑 | Vermilion Bird | |
| 03:00–04:59 | 戊寅 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 05:00–06:59 | 己卯 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 07:00–08:59 | 庚辰 | White Tiger | |
| 09:00–10:59 | 辛巳 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 11:00–12:59 | 壬午 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 13:00–14:59 | 癸未 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) |
| 15:00–16:59 | 甲申 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Travel · Praying for children · Seeking wealth |
| 17:00–18:59 | 乙酉 | Hooked Array | |
| 19:00–20:59 | 丙戌 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 21:00–22:59 | 丁亥 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading |
| 23:00–23:59 | 戊子 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Trading · 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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