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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 March 1987
Friday
Lunar date
农历丁卯年二月廿一
丁卯 (Dingmao) · Year of the Rabbit · 癸卯 戊辰
Nayin Wood of the Great Forest
Solar term
Awakening of Insects
Pentad · yīng huà wèi jiū
Next solar term · Spring Equinox 1987-03-21
Auspicious
Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Cleaning the house · Blocking holes against pests
Avoid
Planting · Building a stove · Burial · Weddings
- Clash
- Dog · Sha direction south
- Day god
- Heavenly Punishment · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Remove
- Lunar mansion
- Ghost · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 二黑土
- Fetus god
- 房床栖 外正南
- Directions
- Joy southeast · Wealth north · Fortune north
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 戊不受田田主不祥 辰不哭泣必主重丧
- Folk taboo days
- Four Separations (eve of equinox or solstice)
Auspicious stars
tiān ēn · shǒu rì · jí qī
Inauspicious stars
yuè hài · Heavenly Punishment
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 壬子 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed |
| 01:00–02:59 | 癸丑 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Burial · Thanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth |
| 03:00–04:59 | 甲寅 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 05:00–06:59 | 乙卯 | Hooked Array | Seeking wealth |
| 07:00–08:59 | 丙辰 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 09:00–10:59 | 丁巳 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 11:00–12:59 | 戊午 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Burial · Building and repairs |
| 13:00–14:59 | 己未 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post |
| 15:00–16:59 | 庚申 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 17:00–18:59 | 辛酉 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 19:00–20:59 | 壬戌 | White Tiger | |
| 21:00–22:59 | 癸亥 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 23:00–23:59 | 甲子 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Taking up a post · 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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