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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 17 November 1956

Saturday

Lunar date
农历丙申年十月十五
丙申 (Bingshen) · Year of the Monkey · 己亥 戊子
Nayin Thunderbolt Fire
Solar term
Start of Winter
Pentad · zhì rù dà shuǐ wèi shèn
Next solar term · Minor Snow 1956-11-22
Auspicious

Weddings · Consecrating sacred images · Travel · Cleansing and exorcism · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Demolition · Building and repairs · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Breaking ground · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Planting · Acquiring livestock · Digging wells · Burial · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes

Avoid

Buying property · Placing the bed

Clash
Horse · Sha direction south
Day god
White Tiger · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Remove
Lunar mansion
Root · inauspicious
Nine star
九紫火
Fetus god
房床碓 外正北
Directions
Joy southeast · Wealth north · Fortune north
Peng Zu's taboos
戊不受田田主不祥 子不问卜自惹祸殃
Auspicious stars

guān rì · tiān mǎ · jí qī · yào ān

Inauspicious stars

dà shí · dà bài · xián chí · White Tiger · suì báo

Hours of the day

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