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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 17 April 1987

Friday · Good Friday

Lunar date
农历丁卯年三月二十
丁卯 (Dingmao) · Year of the Rabbit · 甲辰 丙申
Nayin Fire below the Mountain
Solar term
Pure Brightness
Pentad · hóng shǐ jiàn
Next solar term · Grain Rain 1987-04-20
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Fasting and Taoist rites · Opening for business · Breaking ground · Encoffining · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial

Avoid

Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home

Clash
Tiger · Sha direction south
Day god
Golden Coffer · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Stable
Lunar mansion
Ghost · inauspicious
Nine star
三碧木
Fetus god
厨灶炉 房内北
Directions
Joy southwest · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos
丙不修灶必见灾殃 申不安床鬼祟入房
Auspicious stars

yuè kōng · sì xiāng · sān hé · lín rì · shí yīn · jìng ān · chú shén · Golden Coffer · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

yuè yàn · dì huǒ · sǐ qì · wǎng wáng · wǔ lí · liǎo lì

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59戊子Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
01:00–02:59己丑Bright HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
03:00–04:59庚寅Heavenly Punishment
05:00–06:59辛卯Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
07:00–08:59壬辰Golden CofferWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
09:00–10:59癸巳Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
11:00–12:59甲午White TigerWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
13:00–14:59乙未Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
15:00–16:59丙申Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
17:00–18:59丁酉Black TortoiseWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
19:00–20:59戊戌Controller of FateSacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods
21:00–22:59己亥Hooked ArrayWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Praying for children
23:00–23:59庚子Controller of FatePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods

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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