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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 21 November 1974

Thursday

Lunar date
农历甲寅年十月初八
甲寅 (Jiayin) · Year of the Tiger · 乙亥 丙寅
Nayin Fire in the Furnace
Solar term
Start of Winter
Pentad · zhì rù dà shuǐ wèi shèn
Next solar term · Minor Snow 1974-11-23
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Cutting cloth for garments · Demolition · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Laying foundations · Placing the bed · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Installing the household altar · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Encoffining · Moving a coffin · Burial · Thanking the Earth God · Taking up a post · Visiting family and friends · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Travel · Erecting pillars · Raising the ridge beam · Setting up the loom · Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Receiving wealth · Opening granaries

Avoid

Building a stove · Medical treatment · Felling trees · Making beams

Clash
Monkey · Sha direction north
Day god
Heavenly Prison · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Balance
Lunar mansion
Horn · auspicious
Nine star
四绿木
Fetus god
厨灶炉 外正南
Directions
Joy southwest · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos
丙不修灶必见灾殃 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝
Auspicious stars

tiān ēn · shí dé · xiàng rì · liù hé · wǔ fù · jīn táng · wǔ hé · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

hé kuí · sǐ shén · yóu huò · wǔ xū · Heavenly Prison

Hours of the day

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

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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Roman calendar
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