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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 21 January 1969

Tuesday

Lunar date
农历戊申年十二月初四
戊申 (Wushen) · Year of the Monkey · 乙丑 丙申
Nayin Fire below the Mountain
Solar term
Major Cold
Pentad · jī shǐ rǔ
Next solar term · Start of Spring 1969-02-04
Auspicious

Weddings · Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Consecrating sacred images · Installing the household altar · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Receiving wealth · Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Cutting cloth for garments · Roofing · Laying foundations · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Installing doors · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Planting · Raising livestock · Hunting · Digging wells · Digging ponds · Burial · Breaking ground for a grave · Encoffining · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Erecting a tombstone

Avoid

Praying for blessings · Building temples · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Placing the bed · Thanking the Earth God

Clash
Tiger · Sha direction south
Day god
Controller of Fate · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Danger
Lunar mansion
Wings · inauspicious
Nine star
六白金
Fetus god
厨灶炉 房内北
Directions
Joy southwest · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos
丙不修灶必见灾殃 申不安床鬼祟入房
Auspicious stars

mǔ cāng · yáng dé · wǔ fù · fú shēng · chú shén · Controller of Fate · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

yóu huò · wǔ lí

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59戊子Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
01:00–02:59己丑Bright HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
03:00–04:59庚寅Heavenly Punishment
05:00–06:59辛卯Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
07:00–08:59壬辰Golden CofferWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
09:00–10:59癸巳Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
11:00–12:59甲午White TigerWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
13:00–14:59乙未Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
15:00–16:59丙申Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
17:00–18:59丁酉Black TortoiseWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
19:00–20:59戊戌Controller of FateSacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods
21:00–22:59己亥Hooked ArrayWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Praying for children
23:00–23:59庚子Controller of FatePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · 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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