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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 31 January 1959

Saturday · Little New Year (Xiaonian)

Lunar date
农历戊戌年十二月廿三
戊戌 (Wuxu) · Year of the Dog · 乙丑 癸丑
Nayin Mulberry Wood
Solar term
Major Cold
Pentad · shuǐ zé fù jiān
Next solar term · Start of Spring 1959-02-04
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Cleansing and exorcism · Training oxen and horses · Visiting family and friends · Avoid everything else

Avoid

Breaking ground for a grave · Breaking ground · Burial

Clash
Goat · Sha direction east
Day god
Vermilion Bird · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Establish
Lunar mansion
Willow · inauspicious
Nine star
五黄土
Fetus god
房床厕 外东北
Directions
Joy southeast · Wealth south · Fortune west
Peng Zu's taboos
癸不词讼理弱敌强 丑不冠带主不还乡
Folk taboo days
Monthly taboo day
Auspicious stars

tiān ēn · shǒu rì · yào ān

Inauspicious stars

yuè jiàn · xiǎo shí · tǔ fǔ · wǎng wáng · bā zhuān · chù shuǐ lóng · Vermilion Bird · yáng cuò

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 · Opening for business · Burial
05:00–06:59乙卯Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
07:00–08:59丙辰White TigerWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59丁巳Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
11:00–12:59戊午Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Opening for business · Burial · Seeking wealth
13:00–14:59己未Black Tortoise
15:00–16:59庚申Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
17:00–18:59辛酉Hooked ArrayWeddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Roofing
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 · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
23:00–23:59甲子Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings

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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Ethiopian calendar
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Coptic calendar
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Japanese era calendar
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Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
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Roman calendar
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