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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 17 March 1966
Thursday
Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Consecrating sacred images · Sculpting and painting deities · Betrothal gifts · Cutting cloth for garments · Demolition · Placing the bed · Laying foundations · Breaking ground · Erecting pillars · Raising the ridge beam · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Installing the household altar · Opening for business · Signing contracts · Hanging a signboard · Ritual bathing · Travel · Praying for children · Installing doors
Weddings · Planting · Felling trees · Burial
- Clash
- Snake · Sha direction west
- Day god
- Black Tortoise · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Success
- Lunar mansion
- Well · auspicious
- Nine star
- 九紫火
- Fetus god
- 碓磨床 外西南
- Directions
- Joy northwest · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 乙不栽植千株不长 亥不嫁娶不利新郎
mǔ cāng · sān hé · lín rì · tiān xǐ · tiān yī · bù jiàng
sì qióng · bā lóng · fù rì · chóng rì · yuán wǔ
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 丙子 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings |
| 01:00–02:59 | 丁丑 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 03:00–04:59 | 戊寅 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed |
| 05:00–06:59 | 己卯 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 07:00–08:59 | 庚辰 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post |
| 09:00–10:59 | 辛巳 | Hooked Array | |
| 11:00–12:59 | 壬午 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 13:00–14:59 | 癸未 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Opening for business |
| 15:00–16:59 | 甲申 | Heavenly Punishment | Travel · Taking up a post · Seeking wealth |
| 17:00–18:59 | 乙酉 | Vermilion Bird | |
| 19:00–20:59 | 丙戌 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Opening for business · Burial |
| 21:00–22:59 | 丁亥 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 23:00–23:59 | 戊子 | Golden Coffer | Travel · Taking up a post · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Thanksgiving to the gods |
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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