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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 April 1954

Tuesday

Lunar date
农历甲午年三月十八
甲午 (Jiawu) · Year of the Horse · 戊辰 丙午
Nayin Water of the Milky Way
Solar term today
Grain Rain
Pentad · píng shǐ shēng
Next solar term · Start of Summer 1954-05-06
Auspicious

Betrothal gifts · Weddings · Consecrating sacred images · Travel · Haircut · Visiting family and friends · Opening for business · Placing the bed · Planting · Raising livestock · Encoffining · Moving a coffin · Opening a grave for reburial

Avoid

Thanking the Earth God · Praying for blessings · Raising the ridge beam · Building a stove · Fasting and Taoist rites · Building and repairs · Moving into a new home · Installing doors

Clash
Rat · Sha direction north
Day god
Heavenly Punishment · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Full
Lunar mansion
Encampment · auspicious
Nine star
四绿木
Fetus god
厨灶碓 房内东
Directions
Joy southwest · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos
丙不修灶必见灾殃 午不苫盖屋主更张
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars

yuè kōng · sì xiāng · 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戊子Golden Coffer
01:00–02:59己丑Heavenly VirtuePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove
03:00–04:59庚寅White TigerWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
05:00–06:59辛卯Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
07:00–08:59壬辰Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Building and repairs
09:00–10:59癸巳Black TortoiseWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
11:00–12:59甲午Controller of FateWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
13:00–14:59乙未Hooked ArrayWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
15:00–16:59丙申Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59丁酉Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings
19:00–20:59戊戌Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
21:00–22:59己亥Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings
23:00–23:59庚子Heavenly Punishment

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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