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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 18 December 1976

Saturday

Lunar date
农历丙辰年十月廿八
丙辰 (Bingchen) · Year of the Dragon · 庚子 甲辰
Nayin Lamp Fire
Solar term
Major Snow
Pentad · lì tǐng chū
Next solar term · Winter Solstice 1976-12-22
Auspicious

Praying for children · Fasting and Taoist rites · Sculpting and painting deities · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Demolition · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Building bridges · Installing machinery · Planting · Acquiring livestock · Raising livestock · Encoffining · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Moving a coffin · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial

Avoid

Opening for business · Weddings

Clash
Dog · Sha direction south
Day god
Heavenly Prison · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Stable
Lunar mansion
Root · inauspicious
Nine star
二黑土
Fetus god
占门栖 房内东
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos
甲不开仓财物耗散 辰不哭泣必主重丧
Auspicious stars

yuè ēn · sì xiāng · sān hé · lín rì · shí yīn · tiān cāng · shèng xīn

Inauspicious stars

sǐ qì · Heavenly Prison

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59甲子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
01:00–02:59乙丑Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
03:00–04:59丙寅Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
05:00–06:59丁卯Hooked ArrayWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
07:00–08:59戊辰Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
09:00–10:59己巳Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
11:00–12:59庚午Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Moving house · Opening for business · Burial
13:00–14:59辛未Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
15:00–16:59壬申Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59癸酉Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
19:00–20:59甲戌White Tiger
21:00–22:59乙亥Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59丙子White TigerWeddings · 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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