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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 15 May 1959

Friday

Lunar date
农历己亥年四月初八
己亥 (Jihai) · Year of the Pig · 己巳 丁酉
Nayin Fire below the Mountain
Solar term
Start of Summer
Pentad · qiū yǐn chū
Next solar term · Grain Buds 1959-05-22
Auspicious

Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Hanging a signboard · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Fasting and Taoist rites · Travel · Roofing · Laying foundations · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Setting column bases · Placing the bed · Installing machinery · Burial · Breaking ground for a grave · Opening a grave for reburial · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Erecting a tombstone

Avoid

Building a stove · Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Haircut

Clash
Rabbit · Sha direction east
Day god
Vermilion Bird · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Stable
Lunar mansion
Bond · auspicious
Nine star
一白水
Fetus god
仓库门 房内北
Directions
Joy south · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos
丁不剃头头必生疮 酉不会客醉坐颠狂
Auspicious stars

mín rì · sān hé · shí yīn · bù jiàng · yào ān · chú shén · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

sǐ qì · wǔ lí · Vermilion Bird

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59庚子Controller of FatePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods
01:00–02:59辛丑Hooked ArrayWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
03:00–04:59壬寅Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
05:00–06:59癸卯Bright Hall
07:00–08:59甲辰Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59乙巳Vermilion BirdWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
11:00–12:59丙午Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59丁未Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
15:00–16:59戊申White Tiger
17:00–18:59己酉Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
19:00–20:59庚戌Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Seeking wealth
21:00–22:59辛亥Black TortoisePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Thanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth
23:00–23:59壬子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Praying for children

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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