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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 16 June 1956

Saturday

Lunar date
农历丙申年五月初八
丙申 (Bingshen) · Year of the Monkey · 甲午 甲寅
Nayin Water of the Great Stream
Solar term
Grain in Ear
Pentad · fǎn shé wú shēng
Next solar term · Summer Solstice 1956-06-21
Auspicious

Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Receiving wealth · Planting · Placing the bed · Demolition · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Raising the ridge beam · Encoffining · Burial · Breaking ground for a grave · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes

Avoid

Weddings · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Felling trees · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Acquiring livestock · Visiting the sick

Clash
Monkey · Sha direction north
Day god
White Tiger · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Success
Lunar mansion
Stomach · auspicious
Nine star
九紫火
Fetus god
占门炉 外东北
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos
甲不开仓财物耗散 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝
Auspicious stars

mǔ cāng · sān hé · tiān mǎ · tiān xǐ · tiān yī · yì hòu · wǔ hé · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

dà shà · guī jì · bā zhuān · White Tiger

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59甲子Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
01:00–02:59乙丑Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
03:00–04:59丙寅Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
05:00–06:59丁卯Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
07:00–08:59戊辰Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Opening for business · Taking up a post
09:00–10:59己巳Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Moving house · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
11:00–12:59庚午White TigerWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
13:00–14:59辛未Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
15:00–16:59壬申Heavenly Prison
17:00–18:59癸酉Black TortoiseThanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth
19:00–20:59甲戌Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
21:00–22:59乙亥Hooked ArrayWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
23:00–23:59丙子Controller of FatePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove

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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