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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 8 November 1979

Thursday

Lunar date
农历己未年九月十九
己未 (Jiwei) · Year of the Goat · 乙亥 己卯
Nayin Earth on the City Wall
Solar term today
Start of Winter
Pentad · shuǐ shǐ bīng
Next solar term · Minor Snow 1979-11-23
Auspicious

Weddings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Consecrating sacred images · Travel · Cleansing and exorcism · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Demolition · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Placing the bed · Planting · Breaking ground · Building and repairs · Acquiring livestock · Encoffining · Burial · Erecting a tombstone · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes

Avoid

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Clash
Rooster · Sha direction west
Day god
Black Tortoise · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Stable
Lunar mansion
Well · auspicious
Nine star
九紫火
Fetus god
占大门 外正西
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth north · Fortune south
Peng Zu's taboos
己不破券二比并亡 卯不穿井水泉不香
Auspicious stars

yuè dé hé · Heavenly Virtue · yīn dé · mín rì · sān hé · shí yīn · bù jiàng · wǔ hé

Inauspicious stars

sǐ qì · yuán wǔ

Hours of the day

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

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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