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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 6 April 1959

Monday · Laylat al-Qadr

Lunar date
农历己亥年二月廿九
己亥 (Jihai) · Year of the Pig · 戊辰 戊午
Nayin Fire in the Sky
Solar term
Pure Brightness
Pentad · tóng shǐ huá
Next solar term · Grain Rain 1959-04-21
Auspicious

Consecrating sacred images · Travel · Trading · Blocking holes against pests · Weddings · Haircut · Opening for business · Placing the bed

Avoid

Praying for blessings · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Buying property · Breaking ground · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial · Building and repairs · Raising the ridge beam · Moving into a new home

Clash
Rat · Sha direction north
Day god
Heavenly Punishment · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Full
Lunar mansion
Heart · inauspicious
Nine star
七赤金
Fetus god
房床碓 外正东
Directions
Joy southeast · Wealth north · Fortune north
Peng Zu's taboos
戊不受田田主不祥 午不苫盖屋主更张
Auspicious stars

shí dé · mín rì · tiān wū · fú dé

Inauspicious stars

zāi shà · tiān huǒ · dà shà · fù rì · Heavenly Punishment

Hours of the day

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