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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 June 1961

Tuesday

Lunar date
农历辛丑年五月初八
辛丑 (Xinchou) · Year of the Ox · 甲午 甲申
Nayin Water in the Spring
Solar term
Grain in Ear
Pentad · fǎn shé wú shēng
Next solar term · Summer Solstice 1961-06-21
Auspicious

Consecrating sacred images · Praying for children · Travel · Coming-of-age ceremony · Weddings · Felling trees · Setting up carpentry trestles · Drilling post holes · Building and repairs · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Installing the household altar · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Hanging a signboard · Laying foundations · Preparing one's own tomb · Making a coffin in advance · Encoffining · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Moving a coffin · Burial

Avoid

Placing the bed · Shipping goods · Building a stove · Breaking ground · Breaking ground for a grave

Clash
Tiger · Sha direction south
Day god
Azure Dragon · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Full
Lunar mansion
Wings · inauspicious
Nine star
七赤金
Fetus god
占门炉 外西北
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos
甲不开仓财物耗散 申不安床鬼祟入房
Folk taboo days
Four Separations (eve of equinox or solstice)
Auspicious stars

xiàng rì · yì mǎ · tiān hòu · tiān wū · fú dé · bù jiàng · chú shén · Azure Dragon · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

wǔ xū · bā fēng · wǔ lí

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59甲子Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
01:00–02:59乙丑Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
03:00–04:59丙寅Heavenly Punishment
05:00–06:59丁卯Vermilion BirdWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
07:00–08:59戊辰Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Burial
09:00–10:59己巳Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Closing the roof ridge
11:00–12:59庚午White TigerWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
13:00–14:59辛未Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
15:00–16:59壬申Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
17:00–18:59癸酉Black TortoiseThanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth
19:00–20:59甲戌Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
21:00–22:59乙亥Hooked ArrayWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59丙子Controller of FateWeddings · 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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