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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 18 January 1988
Monday
Lunar date
农历丁卯年十一月廿九
丁卯 (Dingmao) · Year of the Rabbit · 癸丑 壬申
Nayin Gold of the Sword Edge
Solar term
Minor Cold
Pentad · zhì shǐ gòu
Next solar term · Major Cold 1988-01-21
Auspicious
Sculpting and painting deities · Consecrating sacred images · Travel · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Weddings · Taking in a son-in-law · Encoffining · Moving a coffin · Opening a grave for reburial · Burial · Erecting a tombstone
Avoid
Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
- Clash
- Tiger · Sha direction south
- Day god
- Controller of Fate · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Danger
- Lunar mansion
- Net · auspicious
- Nine star
- 九紫火
- Fetus god
- 仓库炉 外西南
- Directions
- Joy south · Wealth south · Fortune northwest
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 壬不泱水更难提防 申不安床鬼祟入房
Auspicious stars
mǔ cāng · yáng dé · wǔ fù · fú shēng · chú shén · Controller of Fate · míng fèi
Inauspicious stars
yóu huò · wǔ lí
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 庚子 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 01:00–02:59 | 辛丑 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post |
| 03:00–04:59 | 壬寅 | Heavenly Punishment | |
| 05:00–06:59 | 癸卯 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Burial · Building and repairs · Thanksgiving to the gods |
| 07:00–08:59 | 甲辰 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 09:00–10:59 | 乙巳 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 11:00–12:59 | 丙午 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 13:00–14:59 | 丁未 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post |
| 15:00–16:59 | 戊申 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 17:00–18:59 | 己酉 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 19:00–20:59 | 庚戌 | Controller of Fate | Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods |
| 21:00–22:59 | 辛亥 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial |
| 23:00–23:59 | 壬子 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial |
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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