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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 5 April 1957

Friday · Qingming Festival (Tomb-Sweeping Day)

Lunar date
农历丁酉年三月初六
丁酉 (Dingyou) · Year of the Rooster · 甲辰 丁未
Nayin Water of the Milky Way
Solar term today
Pure Brightness
Pentad · tóng shǐ huá
Next solar term · Grain Rain 1957-04-20
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Repairing roads · Cleansing and exorcism · Decorating walls · Avoid everything else

Avoid

Nothing is favourable

Clash
Ox · Sha direction west
Day god
Vermilion Bird · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Balance
Lunar mansion
Neck · inauspicious
Nine star
五黄土
Fetus god
仓库厕 房内东
Directions
Joy south · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos
丁不剃头头必生疮 未不服药毒气入肠
Auspicious stars

tiān dé hé · yuè dé hé · sì xiāng

Inauspicious stars

tiān gāng · sǐ shén · yuè shà · yuè xū · bā zhuān · Vermilion Bird

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59庚子Heavenly Punishment
01:00–02:59辛丑Vermilion Bird
03:00–04:59壬寅Golden Coffer
05:00–06:59癸卯Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
07:00–08:59甲辰White TigerWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
09:00–10:59乙巳Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
11:00–12:59丙午Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59丁未Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
15:00–16:59戊申Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
17:00–18:59己酉Hooked ArrayWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
19:00–20:59庚戌Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
21:00–22:59辛亥Bright HallTravel · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
23:00–23:59壬子Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed

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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