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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 17 July 1972

Monday

Lunar date
农历壬子年六月初七
壬子 (Renzi) · Year of the Rat · 丁未 己酉
Nayin Earth of the Highway
Solar term
Minor Heat
Pentad · yīng shǐ zhì
Next solar term · Major Heat 1972-07-23
Auspicious

Receiving wealth · Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Travel · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Consecrating sacred images · Cleansing and exorcism · Cleaning the house · Laying foundations · Erecting pillars · Placing the bed · Moving house · Opening granaries · Shipping goods · Repairing walls · Blocking holes against pests · Planting · Acquiring livestock · Raising livestock

Avoid

Fasting and Taoist rites · Moving into a new home · Installing doors · Burial · Breaking ground for a grave · Funeral procession

Clash
Rabbit · Sha direction east
Day god
Hooked Array · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Full
Lunar mansion
Rooftop · inauspicious
Nine star
九紫火
Fetus god
占大门 外东北
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth north · Fortune south
Peng Zu's taboos
己不破券二比并亡 酉不会客醉坐颠狂
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars

tiān dé hé · yuè dé hé · tiān ēn · sì xiāng · mín rì · tiān wū · fú dé · tiān cāng · xù shì · chú shén · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

zāi shà · tiān huǒ · xuè jì · fù rì · wǔ lí · Hooked Array

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59甲子Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
01:00–02:59乙丑Hooked ArrayWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
03:00–04:59丙寅Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
05:00–06:59丁卯Bright Hall
07:00–08:59戊辰Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59己巳Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
11:00–12:59庚午Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Opening for business · Taking up a post
13:00–14:59辛未Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
15:00–16:59壬申White TigerWeddings · Travel · Burial · Building and repairs
17:00–18:59癸酉Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59甲戌Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
21:00–22:59乙亥Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
23:00–23:59丙子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · 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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