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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 January 1959
Tuesday
Weddings · Consecrating sacred images · Cleansing and exorcism · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Demolition · Building and repairs · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Placing the bed · Planting · Encoffining · Repairing tombs · Breaking ground · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes
Building a stove · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Opening for business · Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Acquiring livestock · Thanking the Earth God · Travel · Visiting the sick
- Clash
- Monkey · Sha direction north
- Day god
- Golden Coffer · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Remove
- Lunar mansion
- Encampment · auspicious
- Nine star
- 三碧木
- Fetus god
- 仓库炉 房内南
- Directions
- Joy south · Wealth south · Fortune northwest
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 壬不泱水更难提防 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝
shí dé · xiàng rì · jí qī · yù yǔ · wǔ hé · Golden Coffer · míng fèi duì
jié shà · tiān zéi · wǔ xū
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 庚子 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 01:00–02:59 | 辛丑 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 03:00–04:59 | 壬寅 | Heavenly Punishment | |
| 05:00–06:59 | 癸卯 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Burial · Building and repairs · Thanksgiving to the gods |
| 07:00–08:59 | 甲辰 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Opening for business · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 09:00–10:59 | 乙巳 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Travel · Burial · Building and repairs |
| 11:00–12:59 | 丙午 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 13:00–14:59 | 丁未 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 15:00–16:59 | 戊申 | Heavenly Prison | |
| 17:00–18:59 | 己酉 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 19:00–20:59 | 庚戌 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 21:00–22:59 | 辛亥 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Praying for children |
| 23:00–23:59 | 壬子 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · 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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