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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 6 January 1957

Sunday · Epiphany

Lunar date
农历丙申年十二月初六
丙申 (Bingshen) · Year of the Monkey · 辛丑 戊寅
Nayin Earth on the City Wall
Solar term
Minor Cold
Pentad · yàn běi xiāng
Next solar term · Major Cold 1957-01-20
Auspicious

Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Hanging a signboard · Consecrating sacred images · Cleansing and exorcism · Felling trees · Making beams · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Placing the bed · Demolition · Breaking ground · Raising the ridge beam · Planting · Acquiring livestock · Burial

Avoid

Weddings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Travel · Buying property

Clash
Monkey · Sha direction north
Day god
Golden Coffer · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Remove
Lunar mansion
Star · inauspicious
Nine star
六白金
Fetus god
房床炉 外正西
Directions
Joy southeast · Wealth north · Fortune north
Peng Zu's taboos
戊不受田田主不祥 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝
Auspicious stars

shí dé · xiàng rì · jí qī · Jade Hall · wǔ hé · Golden Coffer

Inauspicious stars

jié shà · tiān zéi · wǔ xū

Hours of the day

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