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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 16 January 1986

Thursday

Lunar date
农历乙丑年十二月初七
乙丑 (Yichou) · Year of the Ox · 己丑 庚申
Nayin Pomegranate Wood
Solar term
Minor Cold
Pentad · zhì shǐ gòu
Next solar term · Major Cold 1986-01-20
Auspicious

Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for children · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Sculpting and painting deities · Cutting cloth for garments · Visiting family and friends · Starting school · Demolition · Cleaning the house · Building a granary · Hanging a signboard · Digging wells · Digging ponds · Making nets · Planting · Acquiring livestock · Breaking ground for a grave · Repairing tombs · Erecting a tombstone · Burial · Encoffining

Avoid

Praying for blessings · Weddings · Building temples · Placing the bed · Thanking the Earth God

Clash
Tiger · Sha direction south
Day god
Controller of Fate · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Danger
Lunar mansion
Legs · inauspicious
Nine star
四绿木
Fetus god
碓磨炉 外东南
Directions
Joy northwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos
庚不经络织机虚张 申不安床鬼祟入房
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars

Heavenly Virtue · yuè dé · mǔ cāng · yáng dé · wǔ fù · fú shēng · chú shén · Controller of Fate · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

yóu huò · wǔ lí · bā zhuān

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59丙子Azure DragonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
01:00–02:59丁丑Bright HallWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
03:00–04:59戊寅Heavenly Punishment
05:00–06:59己卯Vermilion BirdWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
07:00–08:59庚辰Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59辛巳Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
11:00–12:59壬午White TigerThanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth
13:00–14:59癸未Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
15:00–16:59甲申Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial
17:00–18:59乙酉Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59丙戌Controller of FateWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
21:00–22:59丁亥Hooked ArrayMoving into a new home · Burial · Building and repairs
23:00–23:59戊子Controller of FateWeddings · Moving house · Trading · 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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