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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 21 June 1959
Sunday
Lunar date
农历己亥年五月十六
己亥 (Jihai) · Year of the Pig · 庚午 甲戌
Nayin Fire on the Mountain
Solar term
Grain in Ear
Pentad · fǎn shé wú shēng
Next solar term · Summer Solstice 1959-06-22
Auspicious
Weddings · Betrothal gifts · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Travel · Signing contracts · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Breaking ground · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial
Avoid
Consecrating sacred images · Building a stove · Roofing · Setting up carpentry trestles · Opening granaries
- Clash
- Dragon · Sha direction north
- Day god
- Heavenly Punishment · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Stable
- Lunar mansion
- Star · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 八白土
- Fetus god
- 占门栖 外西南
- Directions
- Joy northeast · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 甲不开仓财物耗散 戌不吃犬作怪上床
- Folk taboo days
- Four Separations (eve of equinox or solstice)
Auspicious stars
sān hé · lín rì · shí yīn · tiān cāng · bù jiàng · pǔ hù
Inauspicious stars
sǐ qì · Heavenly Punishment
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 甲子 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 01:00–02:59 | 乙丑 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings |
| 03:00–04:59 | 丙寅 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 05:00–06:59 | 丁卯 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 07:00–08:59 | 戊辰 | Azure Dragon | |
| 09:00–10:59 | 己巳 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 11:00–12:59 | 庚午 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 13:00–14:59 | 辛未 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 15:00–16:59 | 壬申 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Opening for business · Taking up a post |
| 17:00–18:59 | 癸酉 | Heavenly Virtue | Travel · Taking up a post · Seeking wealth |
| 19:00–20:59 | 甲戌 | White Tiger | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 21:00–22:59 | 乙亥 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 23:00–23:59 | 丙子 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Taking up a post · 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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