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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 5 December 1978

Tuesday

Lunar date
农历戊午年十一月初六
戊午 (Wuwu) · Year of the Horse · 癸亥 辛丑
Nayin Earth on the Wall
Solar term
Minor Snow
Pentad · bì sè ér chéng dōng
Next solar term · Major Snow 1978-12-07
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Sculpting and painting deities · Haircut · Visiting family and friends · Raising livestock · Digging ponds · Building livestock pens · Hunting · Making nets

Avoid

Praying for blessings · Thanking the Earth God · Burial · Raising the ridge beam · Building a stove · Opening for business · Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Breaking ground

Clash
Goat · Sha direction east
Day god
Jade Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Full
Lunar mansion
Turtle Beak · inauspicious
Nine star
五黄土
Fetus god
厨灶厕 房内南
Directions
Joy southwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos
辛不合酱主人不尝 丑不冠带主不还乡
Auspicious stars

shǒu rì · tiān wū · fú dé · yù yǔ · Jade Hall

Inauspicious stars

yuè yàn · dì huǒ · jiǔ kōng · dà shà · guī jì · xíng hěn

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59戊子Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
01:00–02:59己丑Vermilion BirdBurial · Building and repairs
03:00–04:59庚寅Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
05:00–06:59辛卯Heavenly VirtueBuilding and repairs · Building a stove
07:00–08:59壬辰White TigerWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Burial
09:00–10:59癸巳Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Opening for business
11:00–12:59甲午Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings
13:00–14:59乙未Black Tortoise
15:00–16:59丙申Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59丁酉Hooked ArrayWeddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59戊戌Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
21:00–22:59己亥Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59庚子Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home

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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