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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 November 1978
Monday
Lunar date
农历戊午年十月二十
戊午 (Wuwu) · Year of the Horse · 癸亥 丙戌
Nayin Earth on the Roof
Solar term
Start of Winter
Pentad · zhì rù dà shuǐ wèi shèn
Next solar term · Minor Snow 1978-11-23
Auspicious
Placing the bed · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Digging ponds · Repairing walls · Encoffining · Moving a coffin · Breaking ground for a grave · Opening a grave for reburial
Avoid
Moving into a new home · Moving house · Weddings · Digging wells · Building a stove · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Opening for business · Consecrating sacred images
- Clash
- Dragon · Sha direction north
- Day god
- Golden Coffer · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Close
- Lunar mansion
- Heart · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 二黑土
- Fetus god
- 厨灶栖 外西北
- Directions
- Joy southwest · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 丙不修灶必见灾殃 戌不吃犬作怪上床
Auspicious stars
yì hòu · Golden Coffer
Inauspicious stars
yuè shà · yuè xū · xuè zhī · wǔ xū
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 戊子 | Heavenly Prison | Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Thanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth |
| 01:00–02:59 | 己丑 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Building and repairs |
| 03:00–04:59 | 庚寅 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 05:00–06:59 | 辛卯 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings |
| 07:00–08:59 | 壬辰 | Azure Dragon | |
| 09:00–10:59 | 癸巳 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 11:00–12:59 | 甲午 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 13:00–14:59 | 乙未 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) |
| 15:00–16:59 | 丙申 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 17:00–18:59 | 丁酉 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Burial |
| 19:00–20:59 | 戊戌 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings |
| 21:00–22:59 | 己亥 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 23:00–23:59 | 庚子 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Opening for business |
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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