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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 17 February 1970

Tuesday · Eid al-Adha

Lunar date
农历庚戌年正月十二
庚戌 (Gengxu) · Year of the Dog · 戊寅 戊辰
Nayin Wood of the Great Forest
Solar term
Start of Spring
Pentad · yú zhì fù bīng
Next solar term · Rain Water 1970-02-19
Auspicious

Visiting family and friends · Coming-of-age ceremony · Placing the bed · Installing machinery · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Setting up the loom

Avoid

Weddings · Opening for business · Breaking ground · Building a stove · Burial

Clash
Dog · Sha direction south
Day god
Golden Coffer · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Full
Lunar mansion
Wings · inauspicious
Nine star
二黑土
Fetus god
房床栖 外正南
Directions
Joy southeast · Wealth north · Fortune north
Peng Zu's taboos
戊不受田田主不祥 辰不哭泣必主重丧
Auspicious stars

tiān ēn · shǒu rì · tiān wū · fú dé · liù yí · jīn táng · Golden Coffer

Inauspicious stars

yàn duì · zhāo yáo · jiǔ kōng · jiǔ kǎn · jiǔ jiāo

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59壬子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
01:00–02:59癸丑Black TortoiseWeddings · Burial · Thanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth
03:00–04:59甲寅Controller of FateWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
05:00–06:59乙卯Hooked ArraySeeking wealth
07:00–08:59丙辰Azure DragonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
09:00–10:59丁巳Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
11:00–12:59戊午Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Burial · Building and repairs
13:00–14:59己未Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
15:00–16:59庚申Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59辛酉Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
19:00–20:59壬戌White Tiger
21:00–22:59癸亥Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
23:00–23:59甲子White TigerWeddings · 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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