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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 7 January 1978

Saturday · Orthodox Christmas

Lunar date
农历丁巳年十一月廿八
丁巳 (Dingsi) · Year of the Snake · 癸丑 己巳
Nayin Wood of the Great Forest
Solar term
Minor Cold
Pentad · yàn běi xiāng
Next solar term · Major Cold 1978-01-20
Auspicious

Visiting family and friends · Betrothal gifts · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Erecting pillars · Raising the ridge beam · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Consecrating sacred images · Sculpting and painting deities · Praying for blessings · Fasting and Taoist rites · Weddings · Placing the bed · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Installing the household altar · Acquiring livestock

Avoid

Travel · Medical treatment · Burial · Opening for business

Clash
Pig · Sha direction east
Day god
Jade Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Stable
Lunar mansion
Willow · inauspicious
Nine star
六白金
Fetus god
占门床 外正南
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth north · Fortune south
Peng Zu's taboos
己不破券二比并亡 巳不远行财物伏藏
Auspicious stars

sān hé · shí yīn · liù yí · Jade Hall

Inauspicious stars

yàn duì · zhāo yáo · sǐ qì · jiǔ kǎn · jiǔ jiāo · fù rì · chóng rì

Hours of the day

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

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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