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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 31 December 1953

Thursday

Lunar date
农历癸巳年十一月廿六
癸巳 (Guisi) · Year of the Snake · 甲子 丙辰
Nayin Earth in the Sand
Solar term
Winter Solstice
Pentad · mí jiǎo jiě
Next solar term · Minor Cold 1954-01-06
Auspicious

Moving into a new home · Placing the bed · Consecrating sacred images · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Demolition · Breaking ground · Hanging a signboard · Encoffining · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial · Acquiring livestock

Avoid

Weddings · Opening for business · Building a stove · Buying property · Making beams · Felling trees

Clash
Dog · Sha direction south
Day god
Heavenly Prison · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Stable
Lunar mansion
Legs · inauspicious
Nine star
八白土
Fetus god
厨灶栖 外正东
Directions
Joy southwest · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos
丙不修灶必见灾殃 辰不哭泣必主重丧
Auspicious stars

yuè kōng · sān hé · lín rì · shí yīn · tiān cāng · shèng xīn

Inauspicious stars

sǐ qì · Heavenly Prison

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59戊子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
01:00–02:59己丑Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
03:00–04:59庚寅Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
05:00–06:59辛卯Hooked Array
07:00–08:59壬辰Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
09:00–10:59癸巳Bright HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
11:00–12:59甲午Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
13:00–14:59乙未Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
15:00–16:59丙申Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59丁酉Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59戊戌White Tiger
21:00–22:59己亥Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59庚子White TigerWeddings · Moving house · 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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