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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 8 July 1985
Monday
Lunar date
农历乙丑年五月廿一
乙丑 (Yichou) · Year of the Ox · 癸未 戊申
Nayin Earth of the Highway
Solar term
Minor Heat
Pentad · wēn fēng zhì
Next solar term · Major Heat 1985-07-23
Auspicious
Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Ritual bathing · Sculpting and painting deities · Consecrating sacred images · Starting school · Cleansing and exorcism · Cleaning the house · Medical treatment · Digging ponds · Raising livestock
Avoid
Weddings · Travel · Betrothal gifts · Moving into a new home · Building a stove
- Clash
- Tiger · Sha direction south
- Day god
- Controller of Fate · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Remove
- Lunar mansion
- Net · auspicious
- Nine star
- 七赤金
- Fetus god
- 房床炉 房内中
- Directions
- Joy southeast · Wealth north · Fortune north
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 戊不受田田主不祥 申不安床鬼祟入房
Auspicious stars
sì xiāng · yáng dé · xiàng rì · jí qī · bù jiàng · yì hòu · chú shén · Controller of Fate
Inauspicious stars
jié shà · tiān zéi · wǔ xū · wǔ lí
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 壬子 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed |
| 01:00–02:59 | 癸丑 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 03:00–04:59 | 甲寅 | Heavenly Punishment | |
| 05:00–06:59 | 乙卯 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post |
| 07:00–08:59 | 丙辰 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 09:00–10:59 | 丁巳 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Moving house · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 11:00–12:59 | 戊午 | White Tiger | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 13:00–14:59 | 己未 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 15:00–16:59 | 庚申 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 17:00–18:59 | 辛酉 | Black Tortoise | |
| 19:00–20:59 | 壬戌 | Controller of Fate | Building and repairs · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods |
| 21:00–22:59 | 癸亥 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Building and repairs |
| 23:00–23:59 | 甲子 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · 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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