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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 8 December 1973

Saturday

Lunar date
农历癸丑年十一月十四
癸丑 (Guichou) · Year of the Ox · 甲子 戊寅
Nayin Earth on the City Wall
Solar term
Major Snow
Pentad · hé dàn bù míng
Next solar term · Winter Solstice 1973-12-22
Auspicious

Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Visiting family and friends · Installing machinery · Consecrating sacred images · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Erecting pillars · Raising the ridge beam · Roofing · Laying foundations · Building bridges · Planting · Acquiring livestock · Building livestock pens · Moving a coffin · Encoffining · Opening a grave for reburial · Repairing tombs · Erecting a tombstone · Burial

Avoid

Praying for blessings · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Weddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Breaking ground for a grave

Clash
Monkey · Sha direction north
Day god
White Tiger · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Full
Lunar mansion
Stomach · auspicious
Nine star
六白金
Fetus god
房床炉 外正西
Directions
Joy southeast · Wealth north · Fortune north
Peng Zu's taboos
戊不受田田主不祥 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝
Folk taboo days
Monthly taboo day
Auspicious stars

shí dé · xiàng rì · yì mǎ · tiān hòu · tiān mǎ · tiān wū · fú dé · fú shēng · wǔ hé

Inauspicious stars

wǔ xū · guī jì · White Tiger

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59壬子Azure DragonWeddings · Opening for business · Burial · Seeking wealth
01:00–02:59癸丑Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
03:00–04:59甲寅Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
05:00–06:59乙卯Vermilion BirdTravel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings
07:00–08:59丙辰Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59丁巳Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
11:00–12:59戊午White TigerWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
13:00–14:59己未Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
15:00–16:59庚申Heavenly Prison
17:00–18:59辛酉Black Tortoise
19:00–20:59壬戌Controller of FateBuilding and repairs · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods
21:00–22:59癸亥Hooked ArrayWeddings · Burial · Closing the roof ridge
23:00–23:59甲子Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial

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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