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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 18 April 1984

Wednesday

Lunar date
农历甲子年三月十八
甲子 (Jiazi) · Year of the Rat · 戊辰 壬午
Nayin Willow Wood
Solar term
Pure Brightness
Pentad · hóng shǐ jiàn
Next solar term · Grain Rain 1984-04-20
Auspicious

Praying for children · Travel · Cleansing and exorcism · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Weddings · Visiting family and friends · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Placing the bed · Opening for business · Trading · Acquiring livestock · Raising livestock · Encoffining · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Moving a coffin · Burial · Opening a grave for reburial

Avoid

Praying for blessings · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Breaking ground for a grave · Thanking the Earth God

Clash
Rat · Sha direction north
Day god
Heavenly Punishment · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Full
Lunar mansion
Three Stars · auspicious
Nine star
四绿木
Fetus god
仓库碓 外西北
Directions
Joy south · Wealth south · Fortune northwest
Peng Zu's taboos
壬不泱水更难提防 午不苫盖屋主更张
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars

Heavenly Virtue · yuè dé · tiān ēn · shí dé · mín rì · tiān wū · fú dé · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

zāi shà · tiān huǒ · dì náng · dà shà · Heavenly Punishment

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59庚子Golden Coffer
01:00–02:59辛丑Heavenly VirtuePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods
03:00–04:59壬寅White TigerWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
05:00–06:59癸卯Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
07:00–08:59甲辰Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
09:00–10:59乙巳Black TortoiseSeeking wealth
11:00–12:59丙午Controller of FateWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
13:00–14:59丁未Hooked ArrayWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
15:00–16:59戊申Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
17:00–18:59己酉Bright HallWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
19:00–20:59庚戌Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
21:00–22:59辛亥Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings
23:00–23:59壬子Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · 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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