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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 21 April 1974

Sunday

Lunar date
农历甲寅年三月廿九
甲寅 (Jiayin) · Year of the Tiger · 戊辰 壬辰
Nayin Long-Flowing Water
Solar term
Grain Rain
Pentad · píng shǐ shēng
Next solar term · Start of Summer 1974-05-06
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Weddings · Placing the bed · Cleansing and exorcism · Coming-of-age ceremony · Travel · Cutting cloth for garments · Cleaning the house

Avoid

Digging wells · Breaking ground · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial · Consecrating sacred images

Clash
Dog · Sha direction south
Day god
Azure Dragon · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Establish
Lunar mansion
Emptiness · inauspicious
Nine star
五黄土
Fetus god
仓库栖 外正北
Directions
Joy south · Wealth south · Fortune northwest
Peng Zu's taboos
壬不泱水更难提防 辰不哭泣必主重丧
Auspicious stars

Heavenly Virtue · yuè dé · shǒu rì · yù yǔ · Azure Dragon

Inauspicious stars

yuè jiàn · xiǎo shí · tǔ fǔ · yuè xíng

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59庚子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
01:00–02:59辛丑Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Praying for blessings · Burial
03:00–04:59壬寅Controller of FateWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Burial
05:00–06:59癸卯Hooked ArrayWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
07:00–08:59甲辰Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
09:00–10:59乙巳Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
11:00–12:59丙午Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59丁未Vermilion BirdWeddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
15:00–16:59戊申Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59己酉Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
19:00–20:59庚戌White Tiger
21:00–22:59辛亥Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59壬子White TigerWeddings · Burial · Praying for children · Seeking wealth

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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