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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 4 February 1988

Thursday

Lunar date
农历丁卯年十二月十七
戊辰 (Wuchen) · Year of the Dragon · 甲寅 己丑
Nayin Thunderbolt Fire
Solar term today
Start of Spring
Pentad · dōng fēng jiě dòng
Next solar term · Rain Water 1988-02-19
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Thanksgiving to the gods · Cutting cloth for garments · Placing the bed · Signing contracts · Trading · Encoffining · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Moving a coffin · Thanking the Earth God · Opening a grave for reburial

Avoid

Travel · Weddings · Moving into a new home · Breaking ground

Clash
Goat · Sha direction east
Day god
Bright Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Close
Lunar mansion
Dipper · auspicious
Nine star
八白土
Fetus god
占门厕 外正北
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth north · Fortune south
Peng Zu's taboos
己不破券二比并亡 丑不冠带主不还乡
Auspicious stars

bù jiàng · xù shì · Bright Hall

Inauspicious stars

yuè shà · yuè xū · xuè zhī · tiān zéi · wǔ xū · tǔ fú · guī jì · xuè jì

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59甲子Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
01:00–02:59乙丑Vermilion BirdWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
03:00–04:59丙寅Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
05:00–06:59丁卯Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
07:00–08:59戊辰White Tiger
09:00–10:59己巳Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
11:00–12:59庚午Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings
13:00–14:59辛未Black Tortoise
15:00–16:59壬申Controller of FateWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Building and repairs
17:00–18:59癸酉Hooked ArrayWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
19:00–20:59甲戌Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
21:00–22:59乙亥Bright HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
23:00–23:59丙子Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Moving house · 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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