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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 16 November 1972

Thursday

Lunar date
农历壬子年十月十一
壬子 (Renzi) · Year of the Rat · 辛亥 辛亥
Nayin Hairpin Gold
Solar term
Start of Winter
Pentad · dì shǐ dòng
Next solar term · Minor Snow 1972-11-22
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Ritual bathing · Travel · Avoid everything else

Avoid

Opening for business · Breaking ground · Breaking ground for a grave · Funeral procession · Burial

Clash
Snake · Sha direction west
Day god
Heavenly Virtue · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Establish
Lunar mansion
Well · auspicious
Nine star
四绿木
Fetus god
厨灶床 外东北
Directions
Joy southwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos
辛不合酱主人不尝 亥不嫁娶不利新郎
Auspicious stars

tiān ēn · wáng rì · xù shì · bǎo guāng

Inauspicious stars

yuè jiàn · xiǎo shí · tǔ fǔ · yuè xíng · jiǔ kǎn · jiǔ jiāo · xuè jì · chóng rì

Hours of the day

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

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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