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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 17 February 1987
Tuesday
Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Fasting and Taoist rites · Sculpting and painting deities · Consecrating sacred images · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Weddings · Breaking ground · Moving into a new home · Installing the household altar · Moving a coffin · Burial · Thanking the Earth God · Travel · Ritual bathing · Building and repairs · Erecting pillars · Raising the ridge beam · Receiving wealth · Breaking ground for a grave · Cleansing and exorcism · Installing doors · Draining water
Building a stove · Placing the bed
- Clash
- Rabbit · Sha direction east
- Day god
- Black Tortoise · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Danger
- Lunar mansion
- Turtle Beak · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 七赤金
- Fetus god
- 仓库门 房内北
- Directions
- Joy south · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 丁不剃头头必生疮 酉不会客醉坐颠狂
Heavenly Virtue · sì xiāng · yīn dé · fú shēng · chú shén · míng fèi
tiān lì · zhì sǐ · wǔ xū · wǔ lí · yuán wǔ
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 庚子 | Controller of Fate | Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods |
| 01:00–02:59 | 辛丑 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 03:00–04:59 | 壬寅 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed |
| 05:00–06:59 | 癸卯 | Bright Hall | |
| 07:00–08:59 | 甲辰 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 09:00–10:59 | 乙巳 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 11:00–12:59 | 丙午 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 13:00–14:59 | 丁未 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 15:00–16:59 | 戊申 | White Tiger | |
| 17:00–18:59 | 己酉 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings |
| 19:00–20:59 | 庚戌 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Seeking wealth |
| 21:00–22:59 | 辛亥 | Black Tortoise | Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Thanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth |
| 23:00–23:59 | 壬子 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Praying for children |
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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