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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 12 November 1988

Saturday

Lunar date
农历戊辰年十月初四
戊辰 (Wuchen) · Year of the Dragon · 癸亥 辛未
Nayin Earth by the Road
Solar term
Start of Winter
Pentad · dì shǐ dòng
Next solar term · Minor Snow 1988-11-22
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Cutting cloth for garments · Hanging bed curtains · Coming-of-age ceremony · Installing machinery · Placing the bed · Building livestock pens · Encoffining · Moving a coffin · Opening a grave for reburial · Burial · Thanking the Earth God · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Visiting family and friends · Erecting pillars · Raising the ridge beam · Setting up the loom · Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Receiving wealth · Acquiring livestock · Building embankments

Avoid

Weddings · Moving into a new home · Medical treatment · Taking up a post

Clash
Ox · Sha direction west
Day god
Bright Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Success
Lunar mansion
Girl · inauspicious
Nine star
八白土
Fetus god
厨灶厕 外西南
Directions
Joy southwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos
辛不合酱主人不尝 未不服药毒气入肠
Auspicious stars

sān hé · lín rì · tiān xǐ · tiān yī · liù yí · fú shēng · Bright Hall

Inauspicious stars

yàn duì · zhāo yáo · sì jī · wǎng wáng

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59戊子Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
01:00–02:59己丑Vermilion Bird
03:00–04:59庚寅Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
05:00–06:59辛卯Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
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 · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
11:00–12:59甲午Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
13:00–14:59乙未Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
15:00–16:59丙申Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59丁酉Hooked ArrayWeddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Seeking wealth
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 · Moving house · Trading · Opening for business
23:00–23:59庚子Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business

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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