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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 16 February 1988

Tuesday · New Year's Eve (Chuxi)

Lunar date
农历丁卯年十二月廿九
戊辰 (Wuchen) · Year of the Dragon · 甲寅 辛丑
Nayin Earth on the Wall
Solar term
Start of Spring
Pentad · yú zhì fù bīng
Next solar term · Rain Water 1988-02-19
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Encoffining · Opening a grave for reburial · Burial · Moving a coffin

Avoid

Consecrating sacred images · Digging wells · Acupuncture and moxibustion · Travel · Weddings · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Building a stove · Breaking ground

Clash
Goat · Sha direction east
Day god
Bright Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Close
Lunar mansion
Turtle Beak · inauspicious
Nine star
二黑土
Fetus god
厨灶厕 房内南
Directions
Joy southwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos
辛不合酱主人不尝 丑不冠带主不还乡
Auspicious stars

yuè dé hé · 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戊子Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
01:00–02:59己丑Vermilion BirdBurial · Building and repairs
03:00–04:59庚寅Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
05:00–06:59辛卯Heavenly VirtueBuilding and repairs · Building a stove
07:00–08:59壬辰White TigerWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Burial
09:00–10:59癸巳Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Opening for business
11:00–12:59甲午Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings
13:00–14:59乙未Black Tortoise
15:00–16:59丙申Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59丁酉Hooked ArrayWeddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59戊戌Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
21:00–22:59己亥Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59庚子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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