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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 12 November 1978

Sunday

Lunar date
农历戊午年十月十二
戊午 (Wuwu) · Year of the Horse · 癸亥 戊寅
Nayin Earth on the City Wall
Solar term
Start of Winter
Pentad · shuǐ shǐ bīng
Next solar term · Minor Snow 1978-11-23
Auspicious

Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Hanging a signboard · Receiving wealth · Consecrating sacred images · Travel · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Placing the bed · Acquiring livestock · Encoffining · Moving a coffin · Burial

Avoid

Planting · Breaking ground for a grave · Buying property · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Weddings · Breaking ground · Building a stove · Praying for blessings

Clash
Monkey · Sha direction north
Day god
Heavenly Prison · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Balance
Lunar mansion
Star · inauspicious
Nine star
一白水
Fetus god
房床炉 外正西
Directions
Joy southeast · Wealth north · Fortune north
Peng Zu's taboos
戊不受田田主不祥 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝
Auspicious stars

shí dé · xiàng rì · liù hé · wǔ fù · jīn táng · wǔ hé

Inauspicious stars

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

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59壬子Azure DragonWeddings · Opening for business · Burial · Seeking wealth
01:00–02:59癸丑Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
03:00–04:59甲寅Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
05:00–06:59乙卯Vermilion BirdTravel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings
07:00–08:59丙辰Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59丁巳Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
11:00–12:59戊午White TigerWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
13:00–14:59己未Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
15:00–16:59庚申Heavenly Prison
17:00–18:59辛酉Black Tortoise
19:00–20:59壬戌Controller of FateBuilding and repairs · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods
21:00–22:59癸亥Hooked ArrayWeddings · Burial · Closing the roof ridge
23:00–23:59甲子Controller of FateWeddings · 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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Roman calendar
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