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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 18 March 1959
Wednesday
Lunar date
农历己亥年二月初十
己亥 (Jihai) · Year of the Pig · 丁卯 己亥
Nayin Wood on the Plain
Solar term
Awakening of Insects
Pentad · yīng huà wèi jiū
Next solar term · Spring Equinox 1959-03-21
Auspicious
Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Fasting and Taoist rites · Ritual bathing · Consecrating sacred images · Haircut · Setting up the loom · Cleansing and exorcism · Medical treatment · Erecting a tombstone · Planting · Raising livestock · Digging wells · Digging ponds
Avoid
Weddings · Setting column bases · Making a coffin in advance · Burial · Funeral procession
- Clash
- Snake · Sha direction west
- Day god
- Black Tortoise · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Success
- Lunar mansion
- Wall · auspicious
- Nine star
- 六白金
- Fetus god
- 占门床 房内中
- Directions
- Joy northeast · Wealth north · Fortune south
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 己不破券二比并亡 亥不嫁娶不利新郎
Auspicious stars
yuè dé hé · mǔ cāng · sān hé · lín rì · tiān xǐ · tiān yī · bù jiàng
Inauspicious stars
chóng rì · yuán wǔ
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 甲子 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings |
| 01:00–02:59 | 乙丑 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 03:00–04:59 | 丙寅 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 05:00–06:59 | 丁卯 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 07:00–08:59 | 戊辰 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post |
| 09:00–10:59 | 己巳 | Hooked Array | |
| 11:00–12:59 | 庚午 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 13:00–14:59 | 辛未 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 15:00–16:59 | 壬申 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Burial · Praying for children |
| 17:00–18:59 | 癸酉 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 19:00–20:59 | 甲戌 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Opening for business · Burial |
| 21:00–22:59 | 乙亥 | Heavenly Virtue | Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove |
| 23:00–23:59 | 丙子 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Opening for business · 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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