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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 16 November 1959

Monday

Lunar date
农历己亥年十月十六
己亥 (Jihai) · Year of the Pig · 乙亥 壬寅
Nayin Gold Leaf
Solar term
Start of Winter
Pentad · dì shǐ dòng
Next solar term · Minor Snow 1959-11-23
Auspicious

Travel · Receiving wealth · Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Breaking ground · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Cutting cloth for garments · Visiting family and friends · Demolition · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Installing the household altar · Setting up the loom · Shipping goods · Decorating walls · Repairing roads

Avoid

Building temples · Thanking the Earth God · Building a stove · Making beams · Felling trees · Burial · Funeral procession · Repairing tombs · Visiting the sick

Clash
Monkey · Sha direction north
Day god
Heavenly Prison · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Balance
Lunar mansion
Heart · inauspicious
Nine star
四绿木
Fetus god
仓库炉 房内南
Directions
Joy south · Wealth south · Fortune northwest
Peng Zu's taboos
壬不泱水更难提防 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝
Auspicious stars

tiān yuàn · shí dé · xiàng rì · liù hé · wǔ fù · bù jiàng · jīn táng · wǔ hé · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

hé kuí · sǐ shén · yóu huò · wǔ xū · fù rì · Heavenly Prison

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59庚子Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
01:00–02:59辛丑Bright HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
03:00–04:59壬寅Heavenly Punishment
05:00–06:59癸卯Vermilion BirdWeddings · Burial · Building and repairs · Thanksgiving to the gods
07:00–08:59甲辰Golden CofferWeddings · Opening for business · Praying for blessings · Burial
09:00–10:59乙巳Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Burial · Building and repairs
11:00–12:59丙午White TigerWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59丁未Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
15:00–16:59戊申Heavenly Prison
17:00–18:59己酉Black TortoiseWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
19:00–20:59庚戌Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
21:00–22:59辛亥Hooked ArrayWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Praying for children
23:00–23:59壬子Controller of FateWeddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · 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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