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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 18 July 1948

Sunday

Lunar date
农历戊子年六月十二
戊子 (Wuzi) · Year of the Rat · 己未 甲辰
Nayin Lamp Fire
Solar term
Minor Heat
Pentad · yīng shǐ zhì
Next solar term · Major Heat 1948-07-23
Auspicious

Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Travel · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Fasting and Taoist rites · Sculpting and painting deities · Consecrating sacred images · Installing the household altar · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Visiting family and friends · Cleansing and exorcism · Starting school · Erecting pillars · Raising the ridge beam · Demolition · Roofing · Laying foundations · Planting · Raising livestock · Acquiring livestock

Avoid

Burial · Breaking ground for a grave · Opening for business · Opening granaries · Shipping goods · Opening a grave for reburial

Clash
Dog · Sha direction south
Day god
White Tiger · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Receive
Lunar mansion
Emptiness · inauspicious
Nine star
五黄土
Fetus god
占门栖 房内东
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos
甲不开仓财物耗散 辰不哭泣必主重丧
Auspicious stars

Heavenly Virtue · yuè dé · shí dé · tiān mǎ · pǔ hù

Inauspicious stars

tiān gāng · wǔ xū · bā fēng · White Tiger

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59甲子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
01:00–02:59乙丑Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
03:00–04:59丙寅Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
05:00–06:59丁卯Hooked ArrayWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
07:00–08:59戊辰Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
09:00–10:59己巳Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
11:00–12:59庚午Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Moving house · Opening for business · Burial
13:00–14:59辛未Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
15:00–16:59壬申Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59癸酉Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
19:00–20:59甲戌White Tiger
21:00–22:59乙亥Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59丙子White TigerWeddings · 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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