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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 15 May 1976
Saturday
Lunar date
农历丙辰年四月十七
丙辰 (Bingchen) · Year of the Dragon · 癸巳 丁卯
Nayin Fire in the Furnace
Solar term
Start of Summer
Pentad · wáng guā shēng
Next solar term · Grain Buds 1976-05-21
Auspicious
Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Breaking ground · Breaking ground for a grave · Trading · Signing contracts
Avoid
Weddings · Burial
- Clash
- Rooster · Sha direction west
- Day god
- Black Tortoise · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Open
- Lunar mansion
- Girl · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 七赤金
- Fetus god
- 仓库门 外正南
- Directions
- Joy south · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 丁不剃头头必生疮 卯不穿井水泉不香
Auspicious stars
tiān ēn · mǔ cāng · yīn dé · shí yáng · shēng qì · pǔ hù · wǔ hé · míng fèi duì
Inauspicious stars
zāi shà · tiān huǒ · yuán wǔ
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 庚子 | Controller of Fate | Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods |
| 01:00–02:59 | 辛丑 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Moving house · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 03:00–04:59 | 壬寅 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed |
| 05:00–06:59 | 癸卯 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 07:00–08:59 | 甲辰 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings |
| 09:00–10:59 | 乙巳 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading |
| 11:00–12:59 | 丙午 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 13:00–14:59 | 丁未 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 15:00–16:59 | 戊申 | White Tiger | Moving into a new home · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs |
| 17:00–18:59 | 己酉 | Jade Hall | |
| 19:00–20:59 | 庚戌 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 21:00–22:59 | 辛亥 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 23:00–23:59 | 壬子 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed |
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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