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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 24 May 1972

Wednesday

Lunar date
农历壬子年四月十二
壬子 (Renzi) · Year of the Rat · 乙巳 乙卯
Nayin Water of the Great Stream
Solar term
Grain Buds
Pentad · kǔ cài xiù
Next solar term · Grain in Ear 1972-06-05
Auspicious

Weddings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Fasting and Taoist rites · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Cleansing and exorcism · Travel · Breaking ground · Breaking ground for a grave · Learning a craft · Acupuncture and moxibustion · Haircut · Visiting family and friends · Laying foundations · Building and repairs · Erecting pillars · Setting column bases · Placing the bed · Demolition · Acquiring livestock · Raising livestock · Draining water · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Repairing tombs · Erecting a tombstone

Avoid

Opening for business · Moving into a new home · Visiting the sick · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Roofing

Clash
Rooster · Sha direction west
Day god
Black Tortoise · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Open
Lunar mansion
Wall · auspicious
Nine star
一白水
Fetus god
碓磨门 外正东
Directions
Joy northwest · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos
乙不栽植千株不长 卯不穿井水泉不香
Auspicious stars

yuè dé hé · mǔ cāng · yīn dé · shí yīn · shēng qì · pǔ hù · wǔ hé · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

zāi shà · tiān huǒ · sì hào · yuán wǔ

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59丙子Controller of FatePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove
01:00–02:59丁丑Hooked ArrayWeddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
03:00–04:59戊寅Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
05:00–06:59己卯Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
07:00–08:59庚辰Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
09:00–10:59辛巳Vermilion BirdWeddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Roofing
11:00–12:59壬午Golden CofferWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
13:00–14:59癸未Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
15:00–16:59甲申White TigerWeddings · Travel · Seeking wealth
17:00–18:59乙酉Jade Hall
19:00–20:59丙戌Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
21:00–22:59丁亥Black TortoiseWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
23:00–23:59戊子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed

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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