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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 February 1970

Friday · Lantern Festival

Lunar date
农历庚戌年正月十五
庚戌 (Gengxu) · Year of the Dog · 戊寅 辛未
Nayin Earth by the Road
Solar term
Rain Water
Pentad · tǎ jì yú
Next solar term · Awakening of Insects 1970-03-06
Auspicious

Betrothal gifts · Weddings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Travel · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Burial · Breaking ground for a grave

Avoid

Opening for business · Fasting and Taoist rites

Clash
Ox · Sha direction west
Day god
Jade Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Initiate
Lunar mansion
Neck · inauspicious
Nine star
五黄土
Fetus god
厨灶厕 外西南
Directions
Joy southwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos
辛不合酱主人不尝 未不服药毒气入肠
Auspicious stars

yuè dé hé · jìng ān · Jade Hall · pǔ hù · jiě shén

Inauspicious stars

xiǎo hào

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59戊子Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
01:00–02:59己丑Vermilion Bird
03:00–04:59庚寅Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
05:00–06:59辛卯Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
07:00–08:59壬辰White TigerWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Burial
09:00–10:59癸巳Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
11:00–12:59甲午Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
13:00–14:59乙未Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
15:00–16:59丙申Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59丁酉Hooked ArrayWeddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Seeking wealth
19:00–20:59戊戌Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
21:00–22:59己亥Bright HallWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Opening for business
23:00–23:59庚子Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business

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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