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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 8 December 1972

Friday

Lunar date
农历壬子年十一月初三
壬子 (Renzi) · Year of the Rat · 壬子 癸酉
Nayin Gold of the Sword Edge
Solar term
Major Snow
Pentad · hé dàn bù míng
Next solar term · Winter Solstice 1972-12-22
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Ritual bathing · Haircut · Receiving wealth · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Planting · Cleaning the house · Catching pests · Hunting · Making nets

Avoid

Visiting family and friends · Burial · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Placing the bed · Opening for business · Funeral procession · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Building a stove · Installing doors

Clash
Rabbit · Sha direction east
Day god
Bright Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Receive
Lunar mansion
Bond · auspicious
Nine star
一白水
Fetus god
房床门 外西南
Directions
Joy southeast · Wealth south · Fortune west
Peng Zu's taboos
癸不词讼理弱敌强 酉不会客醉坐颠狂
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars

mǔ cāng · jīn táng · chú shén · Bright Hall · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

hé kuí · dà shí · dà bài · xián chí · fù rì · wǔ lí

Hours of the day

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