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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 15 July 1956

Sunday

Lunar date
农历丙申年六月初八
丙申 (Bingshen) · Year of the Monkey · 乙未 癸未
Nayin Willow Wood
Solar term
Minor Heat
Pentad · xī shuài jū bì
Next solar term · Major Heat 1956-07-23
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Travel · Trading · Harvesting honey · Building livestock pens

Avoid

Weddings · Building a stove · Burial · Breaking ground · Lawsuits · Making beams · Felling trees · Digging wells · Breaking ground for a grave · Moving house

Clash
Ox · Sha direction west
Day god
Black Tortoise · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Establish
Lunar mansion
Hairy Head · inauspicious
Nine star
八白土
Fetus god
房床厕 外西北
Directions
Joy southeast · Wealth south · Fortune west
Peng Zu's taboos
癸不词讼理弱敌强 未不服药毒气入肠
Auspicious stars

tiān ēn · shǒu rì · bù jiàng · shèng xīn

Inauspicious stars

yuè jiàn · xiǎo shí · tǔ fǔ · chù shuǐ lóng · yuán wǔ

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59壬子Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
01:00–02:59癸丑Vermilion Bird
03:00–04:59甲寅Golden CofferWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
05:00–06:59乙卯Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
07:00–08:59丙辰White TigerWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59丁巳Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
11:00–12:59戊午Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59己未Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
15:00–16:59庚申Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
17:00–18:59辛酉Hooked Array
19:00–20:59壬戌Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
21:00–22:59癸亥Bright HallWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Opening for business
23:00–23:59甲子Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business

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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