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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 16 December 1973
Sunday
Praying for blessings · Fasting and Taoist rites · Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Cleansing and exorcism · Setting up carpentry trestles · Drilling post holes · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Laying foundations · Raising the ridge beam · Returning home · Roofing · Closing the roof ridge · Digging wells · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Breaking ground for a grave · Planting
Moving house · Opening for business · Moving into a new home · Burial
- Clash
- Dragon · Sha direction north
- Day god
- Heavenly Punishment · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Open
- Lunar mansion
- Star · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 五黄土
- Fetus god
- 厨灶栖 外西北
- Directions
- Joy southwest · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 丙不修灶必见灾殃 戌不吃犬作怪上床
- Folk taboo days
- Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
yuè kōng · shí yáng · shēng qì
wǔ xū · jiǔ kōng · wǎng wáng · Heavenly Punishment
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 戊子 | Heavenly Prison | Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Thanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth |
| 01:00–02:59 | 己丑 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Building and repairs |
| 03:00–04:59 | 庚寅 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 05:00–06:59 | 辛卯 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings |
| 07:00–08:59 | 壬辰 | Azure Dragon | |
| 09:00–10:59 | 癸巳 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 11:00–12:59 | 甲午 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 13:00–14:59 | 乙未 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) |
| 15:00–16:59 | 丙申 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 17:00–18:59 | 丁酉 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Burial |
| 19:00–20:59 | 戊戌 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings |
| 21:00–22:59 | 己亥 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 23:00–23:59 | 庚子 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · 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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