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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 5 July 1953

Sunday

Lunar date
农历癸巳年五月廿五
癸巳 (Guisi) · Year of the Snake · 戊午 丁巳
Nayin Earth in the Sand
Solar term
Summer Solstice
Pentad · bàn xià shēng
Next solar term · Minor Heat 1953-07-07
Auspicious

Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Laying foundations · Installing doors · Placing the bed · Planting · Building embankments · Repairing walls · Building livestock pens

Avoid

Weddings · Digging wells · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Travel · Funeral procession · Burial · Consecrating sacred images · Haircut · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)

Clash
Pig · Sha direction east
Day god
Black Tortoise · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Close
Lunar mansion
Room · auspicious
Nine star
三碧木
Fetus god
仓库床 外正东
Directions
Joy south · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos
丁不剃头头必生疮 巳不远行财物伏藏
Auspicious stars

wáng rì · yù yǔ

Inauspicious stars

yóu huò · xuè zhī · fù rì · chóng rì · yuán wǔ

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59庚子White TigerWeddings · Moving house · Opening for business · Burial
01:00–02:59辛丑Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Opening for business
03:00–04:59壬寅Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
05:00–06:59癸卯Black TortoiseWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
07:00–08:59甲辰Controller of FateBuilding and repairs · Building a stove
09:00–10:59乙巳Hooked ArrayWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
11:00–12:59丙午Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59丁未Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
15:00–16:59戊申Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59己酉Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
19:00–20:59庚戌Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Opening for business
21:00–22:59辛亥Heavenly Virtue
23:00–23:59壬子Golden Coffer

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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